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...reported in January 2003, "The Marines of the current Echo Company have recently been given the green light ... to refer to their company once again, in all but official matters, as Easy Company." Reason: during World War II, the company's original nom de guerre was Easy Company. The unit fought tenaciously in the Battle of Tarawa and other key actions, and as the Marine Corps News noted, "the unit's current Marines felt a need to establish a link to that history." Terry Kindlon of Albany, New York, was one of several readers who questioned the name, and when...
...field opposite, we saw the most terrible carnage. There were gliders upended on the posts and tree stumps left for that purpose by the Germans. There were dead men, and dead cattle and horses everywhere. The men [in our unit] had shot a couple of Germans, and we rolled them off the road into a ditch so that they wouldn't be run over. We walked single file up the road, as the verges could have been mined. There was sniping. I gave instructions that the section leader should give a burst of fire at any thick foliage...
...commanders here gave me a part of the city to defend," he says. "When the Americans advance, we harass and retreat, fire from new positions and then retreat again. If the attacking force is too big, we call for support." In the past month, three in his unit have been killed and five injured, he says. Other fighters say they are receiving help and advice from former soldiers of Saddam Hussein's army--but not, they insist, from the hard-core units that massacred Shi'ites after their abortive 1991 uprising...
Only 16 pitchers in major league baseball history had thrown perfect games when Arizona's "Big Unit" took the mound last week against Atlanta. Make that 17. RANDY JOHNSON retired all 27 Braves he faced, fanning 13, including the last batter. At 40, the southpaw became the oldest to achieve pitching's crown jewel, surpassing Cy Young, who did it at 37--100 years...
...anonymous member of the Cornell defensive unit who broke junior quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick’s hand