Interesting read on Hero Doctor

[JustRalph]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11787394/site/newsweek/

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"The place they were going was Fallujah. In Sunni territory west of Baghdad, the city seethed with insurgents. Jihadists had strung up the burned bodies of American contractors in the spring of 2004, and chaos had reigned ever since. By November, the United States was tired of waiting for the enemy to give up or clear out. "Over the past five months, [we] have been attacked by a faceless enemy. But the enemy has got a face. He's called Satan. He lives in Fallujah. And we're going to destroy him," said Marine Lt. Col. Gary Brandl on the eve of the attack. Jadick's regiment, the 1/8, was ordered to take what was, in effect, the Main Street of the city. For Jadick, who speaks in a gentle, matter-of-fact voice, occasionally strained by memories of the men he saved and lost, it was to be a journey to the other side of hell. "

If you are interested in this type of story........do a google search for this name..........

Lance Sijan (http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2005-51,GGLD:en&q=lance+sijan)

[Dick Schmidt]

Wonderful story. How do heroes do it? We all need to do what we can to thank them.

Don't just read this story and get a warm feeling about a brave man, then forget about it. Find something you can do, maybe something little. Write a letter, send some cookies (or a Playboy). The USO has a website, and believe it or not have volunteers in country trying to make things a little better for our guys. It doesn't matter what you can do, so long as you find something that you can do.

My own personal tiny bit is that in Oct. 2004, I heard that many wounded men at Bethesda Hospital couldn't afford to call home much. I sent them a phone card that I got at Costco; one that I could add more time to whenever it got low. I meant it as a Christmas present, but decided to keep it going as long as the war lasts. I'm still paying for about 2000 minutes of long distance a month, which isn't really much money at all. I feel guilty every time I read about our solders fighting for the rest of us, and I feel just a bit better every time I add more minutes to that card. Even got a call from a Marine once thanking me. Have no idea how he got my name, but that's a Marine for you. I told him to forget the thank you nonsense, that I owed him. Told him to hang up and call his girlfriend. He agreed.


Thanks, guys. Everyone over there is a hero. Appreciate it.

Dick

[JustRalph]

Dick! Good for you! Great way to contribute..............

[Tom]

What a great gift! :ThmbUp: