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In his classic story collection about the Vietnam War, Tim O'Brien wrote that what G.I.'s carried into battle was determined by necessity, specialty and rank, and "to some extent by superstition." Three decades later, the 145,000 Americans serving in Iraq rely on their own talismans to protect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Things They Carry | 11/13/2006 | See Source »

The army medical department was gratified by Michael Weisskopf's cover story "My Right Hand" [Oct. 2], which eloquently described the highest quality of care, professionalism and dedication of the clinicians at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. But comments in the Oct. 23 Letters column questioned whether Weisskopf received special...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 20, 2006 | 11/12/2006 | See Source »

HONORED. Jason Dunham, 22, Marine corporal who died in April 2004 after diving on a grenade to save fellow Marines; with the Congressional Medal of Honor, the U.S.'s highest military award; by President Bush at the dedication of the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Va. The...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Nov. 20, 2006 | 11/12/2006 | See Source »

But a year later, with Fallujah turning into a stronghold of the insurgency and gun battles breaking out on their street almost every day, the family moved again--this time to Ramadi, the capital of the restive Anbar province. Ramadi soon went the way of Fallujah, its streets controlled by...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Disappeared of Iraq | 10/29/2006 | See Source »

Abizaid is also accused of mismanaging the campaign in Fallujah in April 2004. Following the gruesome killing of four contractors, he pressured the Marines - over their objections - to attack the town. Then he compounded the mistake, in the view of these officers, when, faced with complaints from the Iraqis and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Criticism Mounts of U.S. Generals in Iraq | 10/27/2006 | See Source »

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