1) Jessica Lynch, Gregory Sanders MIA and Dead
>From warblogging.com website
Jessica Lynch was nineteen years old when she went missing in action in Iraq. She joined the US Army to get a job - she couldn't find one in her hometown of Palestine, West Virginia. "The Army gave her a good deal," her brother told the Sun.
Jessica is currently MIA, but she's seriously feared dead. She was one of the twelve in the ambushed column of maintenance soldiers. Five have survived and the other seven are feared dead. Jessica's father said "I just want them to bring her back safely - her and all the rest of the kids."
More at: http://www3.warblogging.com//
2) Families of Ft. Bliss Soldiers Begin Asking Hard Questions
Published on Thursday, March 27, 2003 by the Los Angeles Times
FT. BLISS, Texas -- Jamaal R. Addison, 22, a straight-A student who joined the Army days after graduating from high school to secure a future for his infant son, is dead.
And for what? That's what Addison's relatives wanted to know late Wednesday as they struggled to absorb the Pentagon's confirmation that the Army specialist had been killed in battle.
"I never thought there was a reason to go to war in the first place. This sure as hell doesn't make it any better. This was a good man. He didn't deserve this. This whole thing is nonsense." Rodney Fisher, Stepbrother of Dead Marine
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