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Autor: "h.habiger" (2003-06-30 08:47:37)
Marines plan to secure bridges went awry amid barrage of firepower
BY NANCY SAN MARTIN nsanmartin@herald.com
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C - Just before the first explosion, the young
U.S. Marines in the amphibious assault vehicle had been laughing
as they rode through Iraq.
We thought, `Yeah, this is cool. We were pumped up. We
were sitting back, going, Yeah, lets go! recalled Cpl. Randy
Glass, of
Bethlehem, Pa.
Then came the agonizing cries. I looked down and I thought
I didnt have a leg, said Glass, 20. ``Blood was coming out like a
faucet . . . I didnt know I still had a foot until one or two hours later.
On a sun-scorched corner of Iraq, within a 500-yard
radius, in the span of just 3 ? hours, 18 American
Marines were killed all around
Glass on March 23 in what was likely the bloodiest single
battle of the Iraq war.
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