In Blog, a Military Man Writes About His Own Death
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âI died doing a job I loved,â U.S. Army Major Andrew Olmsted wrote in his final online piece.
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The death of a marine after a battle in Afghanistan raises questions about "friendly fire", it emerges.
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I think the world would be a better place if every fallen American soldier received the same media attention that Barbaro has enjoyed over the past year.  Seems like good horse sense to me.  Todd DeGroff  Grand Prairie, Texas  (c) 2007 Deseret News (Salt Lake City).
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One person can tell you precisely how many Americans have been killed in Iraq. Another pays close attention to the names and hometowns of those who die each week. A third mourns for the families of fallen U.S. troops, but also figures it was their choice to enlist.
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After the second funeral for multiple casualties in a month, Army Sgt. John McCary logged on to a computer shared by 200 troops in Iraq's Al Anbar province. There wasn't much time. There never was, to pause, reflect, find meaning. Even after the deaths of friends. McCary, an interrogator, was busy...
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A man whose family has been hit by tragedy speaks of how he and his brother tried to save their brother's life.
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Thousands follow a long-dead soldier's fate as a descendant posts a series of real letters home.
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Also: Ancestry.com puts 90M war records online. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.
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A 45-year-old woman collapsed and died days after learning her son had been killed in Iraq, and just hours after seeing his body. Results of an autopsy were not immediately released, but friends of Karen Unruh-Wahrer said she couldn't stop crying over losing her 25-year-old son, Army Spc. Robert Oliver Unruh, who was killed by enemy fire near Baghdad on Sept. 25.
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In the early days of the Iraq war, on the last day of his life, Army Sgt. 1st Class Paul R. Smith showed valor that no U.S. soldier has matched in Iraq. Smith&#039;s men came under attack as they mopped up after the capture of Baghdad&#039;s airport. The sergeant braved hostile fire to evacuate three wounded soldiers and single-handedly killed dozens of enemy soldiers before being killed himself as he covered the evacuation of other wounded Americans.
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The Guantanamo prisoner who died in his cell this week was a Saudi army veteran who trained with U.S. soldiers in his homeland before going to fight for the Taliban in Afghanistan, military records indicated on Thursday.
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Robert Cox wants to bring some professionalism to the blogosphere.
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By Roger Schlueter, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill.  Feb. 11--Q. Can you tell me whatever happened to Gen. Douglas MacArthur's son? Is he still alive? If so, where does he live, etc.   -- Robert Rainbolt of Fairview Heights   A.
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Iraq war blogs are as varied as the soldiers who write them. Some sites feature practical news, war pictures and advice. Some are overtly political, with more slanting to the right than to the left. Some question the war, some cheer it.
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U.S. Army Spc. Gerald Lee Meeks is struggling with the death of one of his best friends. He and other soldiers in Iraq had to carry the body more than a mile back to base: "Those images will always be in your head." The slain soldier has since returned home, receiving a hero's welcome in southeastern Indiana.
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An army corporal admits causing a road crash in which five people, including two teenage sisters, died.
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He was in the firefights of Fallujah. He saw gaps in America's arsenal that he believes can only be filled when America's elite puts its sons on the battlefield. A plea for selective service.