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Paul Quinn-Judge was in the Kurdish town of Sulaymaniyah planning the most fruitful way to enter Iraqi territory if and when the regime collapses. And to the west, in Arbil, Joshua Kucera, gas mask at the ready, monitored the machinations of Kurdish nationalists and the Iraqi opposition who are waiting for Saddam's demise...
When you've been camped in the Kuwait desert for weeks, even dodging incoming SCUD missiles can become routine. Late Thursday morning air raid sirens blasted the 101st Airborne's Camp Pennsylvania. Seconds later every soldier in camp was wearing a chemical protective mask and scurrying to one of the concrete bunkers scattered around the camp. There they rested, many of them panting after the exertion of a full out sprint in chemical gear, until the all clear siren sounded some fifteen minutes later...
Cheevers’ mask is of the Jason-era, a plain white plastic shield that would actually do nothing to stop a puck. But Cheevers’ mask is out of the ordinary since he made a habit out of drawing stitches on the mask with a permanent pen to show where the puck nailed...
...regardless of the visceral repulsion that the mask first gave me, it revealed a huge part of his and many other athlete’s character. In Cheevers’ mask I see a burning desire to play because why else would anyone subject himself to an onslaught of pucks and huge, angry men? I see dedication in training because those hours crouching in the goal could not have been fun. I see the ability to work with a team to fulfill a lifelong dream to be the unequivocal best...
...these elements in Cheevers’ mask. And most of all, from the very fact that it’s on display, I see how the fans are there every step of the way, even during the less-than-stellar present, while remembering the glory days of the past...