Iowa soldiers endure Bosnia camp life amid boredom and comfort
Four months into deployment in Bosnia, U S soldiers adapt from spartan tents to a full tent city with showers a recreation center library and direct US phone lines Brown and Root builds amenities while guarding the camp. The crew bonds over routines talks and occasional visits to Tuzla Air Base.
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Neumann
Bosnia
Skala
Brown & Root
United States
Neumann and Skala
Hermit who tinkers keeps Bradley crew rolling in Bosnia
Sgt Huisingh known as Hermit lives in a tent to concentrate on tinkering with Bradley fighting vehicles. The 24 year old Iowa native from a farming background fixes engines, improvises with scrap lumber and a makeshift workshop, and values the farm life over meals at the chow tent. He notes Bosnian subsistence farming and village women's hard work, admiring their self sufficiency.
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Ers
Huisingh
Bradley
Carol Huber
Camanche
Kent
Burton, III
Iowa
Bosnia
Jennifer
Tristan
Huis
Aaron Huissingh
Bradley Fighting Vehicles
Camp Angela
Spc
Derrick Mitchell
Winston-Salem
N.C
Hucklebuck
Bravo Battery
Army tenor Skala blends opera dreams with frontline duty
Cpl Scott Skala 22 of Cedar Rapids, an all state tenor from Jefferson High School, now serves in the Army in Europe. He sings while on duty and carries a submachine gun firing 800 rounds a minute, while trained to launch Stinger missiles from on board Bradley vehicles. He plans music study after his current tour ends in 1997, hoping to teach or perform professionally.
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Tuzla
Skala
Eeth
Scott
Neumann
Bosnia
Jefferson High School
Il Trovatore
University of Iowa
Marv
Linda Skala
Cedar Rapids
Army
Jefferson
Lisa Lentner
Marion
Europe
Scott Skala
Cpl
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