Hometown Heroes Debut from Fort Gordon for Camp Victory
PFC Mitchell Lee West of Augusta and MM3 Samuel F. Tijerina from Baytown are named as local service members. West, a 2001 Robert E. Lee High School graduate, deployed from Fort Gordon with the 63rd Signal Battalion to Camp Victory Kuwait. Tijerina, a 2001 Lee High grad, serves aboard USS Kitty Hawk in the Persian Gulf and can be contacted via FPO address for correspondence.
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Mitchell Lee West
Fort Gordon
Camp Victory
Kuwait
63Rd Signal Battalion
Army
Robert E. Lee High School
James
Karen Barnett
Samantha
Angel West
Augusta
Sam Therina
U.S. Nav
Kitty Hawk
Persian Gulf
Baytown
Tijerina
Julie
TJ Tijerina
Robert E. Lee
Navy
Samuel F. Tijerina
Army Spc
Lance Marshall
Robert £. Lee High School
Southwest Asia
Marshall
Fort Bliss
4Th Infantry Division
Terry and
Debbie Marshall
U.S. Navy
Joshua Hebert
Smss Marine Corp
Camp Penderton
Calif
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Baytown Sun seeks Baytown area service members photos
The Baytown Sun requests photographs of residents serving in the U S military in the Middle East. Readers may bring in, mail, or email images with a short biographical sketch including parents names, high school, graduation year, branch and units. Contact details provided.
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Baytown Sun
Baytown
U.S
Middle East
Memorial Drive
P.O. Box
Texas
David. Bloom
Baytownsun
Saddam Hussein status eludes US as airstrike leaves questions
Washington reports a March 20 strike on a Baghdad al Mansour site left a cratered area and unclear survivors. U.S. officials say high value targets may have been hit while confirming Saddam and his sons' status remains unknown. Rescue teams recovered a child and a young woman body amid debris.
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Washington
Saddam Hussein
Saddam
U.S
Sons
al- Mansour
Baghdad
U.S. Central Command
Stanley McChrystal
Pentagon
Joint Staff
Neigh
Borhood
Qusai
Odai
Hussein
Fred Swan
al-Mansour
Bush
Philip Wolford
3Rd Infantry Division
Republican Guard
Kuwait
Shaine Grodack
War News From Baghdad Continues on Front Lines
Reports from Baghdad describe continued bombing and ground fighting in the capital and around northern Iraq. U S forces destroy a Republican Guard barracks and target the Ministry of Planning as civilians, shelters, and gas lines show the war’s toll.
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Tigris
Republican Guard
Ministry of Planning
Baghdad
Frank Thorp
Central Command
U.S
Kirkuk
Amarah
Basra
Bush
Tony Blair
Northern Ireland
U.N
Iroq
Saddam
Bomb hits Baghdad hotel housing journalists killing three
U S backed strikes on Baghdad hit the Palestine Hotel where foreign reporters work and wounded three others. An Al Jazeera journalist was killed as missiles hit offices nearby. Abu Dhabi TV said its Baghdad bureau was bombed trapping reporters in the basement. Brig Gen Brooks said journalists are not targets.
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Baghdad
Iraq
Vincent Brooks
Qatar
Palestine Hotel
Al-Jazeera Television
Abu
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Harry S. Truman
Turkey
Mediterranean
Zatopek
Norfolk
U.S. Marine Corps
PSC
Charles Meineke JR
Ross S. Sterling
Marine Detachment
U.S. Army Ordnance Center
Baltimore
Charles and
Retha Meineke
Areasha Meineke
Saddam Watcers
Associated Press
Kuni Takahashi
4Th Marines
Baghdad Highway
United Nations
McChrystal
John Moore
7Th Infantry Regiment
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