Battle drives into Iraq oil centers and airfields
Overnight bombardment collapsed into a major clash as Marines backed by the USS Constellation fought near western airfield complexes in Iraq. Two Marines were killed, first coalition combat deaths in Operation Iraqi Freedom, while Iraqi troops surrendered in large numbers at Umm Qasr and oil pumping stations. Saddam appeared in a video with Qusai and the defense minister, as questions persisted about his fate and Baghdad’s command structure. Iraqi Information Minister warned of defeat for the mercenaries.
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Baghdad
Iraq
Israel
Mark Fox
Constellation
Pentagon
Umm Qasr
Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf
Bush
White House
Saddam
Qusai
Republican Guard
Sultan Hashim Ahmad
U.S
Marines seize Umm Qasr as Iraqi forces surrender en masse
U S Marines and allies take the port city Umm Qasr cutting Iraq from the Persian Gulf as Iraqi troops, many hungry and outgunned, surrender in scattered groups. The 3rd Infantry Division and 101st Airborne push into southern Iraq while a widening armada waits in Kuwait. Restating Rumsfeld’s call for combatants to lay down arms.
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U.S
Umm Qasr
Iraq
Persian Gulf
101St Airborne Division
Kuwait
15Th Marine Expeditionary Unit
Obituaries Continued From A 3 Shirley Ann Smith and others
Shirley Ann Smith of Wytheville Va died March 18 2003 at Wythe County Community Hospital Born in Pocahontas she was educated in Tazewell County and attended Bluefield State College She was married to Ernest E Smith Sr in 1956 and survived by husband two children five grandchildren and one great grandchild Services were held at Franklin Street United Methodist Church Burial followed at Westend Cemetery Wytheville Gene Tunney Wilson of Macon Mo died March 19 2003 age 76 He worked 38 years at Toastmaster and formerly in coal He is survived by wife Shelby a son two daughters six sisters and three grandchildren Services 1 pm Monday at Blue Ridge Funeral Home Beckley with burial at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Beckley Arrangements by Hutton McElwain and Blue Ridge Funeral Home Harry Leonard Peanut Wroaten 92 of Tazewell Va died March 20 2003 Born July 15 1910 in Bluefield He was a Baptist and last surviving member of his immediate family Survivors include son Jack Wroaten Sr wife Janice two daughters Patricia Judy eight grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren Funeral 2 pm Sunday at Pisgah United Methodist Church Bluefield burial Grandview Memory Gardens Bluefield Memorial donations to American Cancer Society Peery St Clair Funeral Home in Tazewell is handling arrangements.
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Shirley Ann Smith
Wytheville
Wythe County Community Hospital
Pocahontas
William Taft
Katherine Kendrick Ashe
Tazewell County
Bluefield State College
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc
Beckley
Southern West Virginia
Ann
Billy Andichael Ashe
Ernest E
Dixie Smith Jr
Jerry Allen
Elizabeth A Ashe
Brianna
Demetrick
Trey
Leann
Devin
Mariah
Franklin Street United Methodist Church
Gene T. Wilson
Macon
Gene Tunney Wilson
Rhodell
James Butler
Mabel Marie Farley Wilson
Wilson
First Baptist Church
Spanishburg
Concord College
Beckley Community College
Toastmaster
Amigo
Franklin D. Wilson
Muriel Wilson
Shelby
Kermit Glen Wilson
Little Rock
Ark
Dianne Oelger
Olathe
Kan
Carla Haga
Barkers Ridge
Greg Baker
James Kermit Wilson
Princeton
Colin Wayne Wilson
Plano
Texas
Janice Billups
MacArthur
Lorraine Hatcher
Alderson
Margaret
Peggy’ Cecil
Montgomery
Ill
Rhoda Gallimore
Paulette Vines
Pamela Wilson
Michael Palmer
Cody Palmer
Chris Baker
Brandon
Justin Palmer
Harry Leonard ‘Peanut
Wroaten
Tazewell
Harry Leonard
Peanut’ Wroaten
Pisgah
Bluefield
Thomas Wiley Wroaten
Ellen Caroline Tackett Wroaten
Jeff Higginbotham
Elizabeth Irene Wroaten
Jack W. Wroaten Sr
Janice
North Tazewell
Patricia Wroaten
Judy Starling
Sandra
David
Kinza
Mark
Anna
Walter
Krissy
Linda Jean Akers
Shirley Shortridge
Carol Christian
Pisgah United Methodist Church
Rodney Lawson
Jared Wood
Grandview Memory Gardens
Peery & St.Clair Funeral Home
Also Mentioned on This Page
A-1
Secretary of Defense
Donald H. Rumsfeld
A-3
J.C. Hash Sr
Westend
Galaxy Foods
South College Avenue
Virginia
Rasi’s
Grant’s
Green Valley
ALL Galaxy
Food Centers
MasterCard
Western Union
Smithsfeld Jamestown Spiral Ham Sliced
Pyell
Guinoes
Bologna
Isugar Lake
United Orange
General Mills
Cheerios
Adwit
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