Two US pilots recount crash and desert rescue aboard Kitty Hawk
On a southern Iraq bombing mission, F-14A Tomcat suffers engine failure and crashes. Pilot Vinny and radar intercept operator Gordo bail out and spend hours behind enemy lines before a rapid rescue returns them to the USS Kitty Hawk. Both decline to reveal real names, citing safety concerns.
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Vinny
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Kitty Hawk
Navy
Iraq
Matthew G. Moffit
Kitty Hawk Cattle Group
U.S
Moffit
Children open up when a trusted outsider listens
A long list of parental concerns reflects how even well meaning parents may miss their child’s true feelings. Children often reveal more to someone who lacks direct authority, offering a safer space to share fears and worries beyond parental pressures.
Protesting in Fayetteville Town Shows Lone Yet Rewarding Effort
In Fayetteville near Fort Bragg 45 000 soldiers and families host a peace rally crowd stays six to twelve amid officers. Quaker House director Chuck Fager says antiwar protesters balance support for troops with opposition to the war. A 1970 arson remains a memory while today protests draw mixed responses from locals.
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Fayetteville
NLC
City Hall
Fort Bragg
62Nd Airborne Division
Army Special Operations Command
Baghdad
Quaker House
Chuck Fager
Fager
Drew Plummer
Relatives await news on captured 507th soldiers fates
Relatives of 507th Maintenance Company soldiers wait anxiously as rescuers found Pfc Jessica Lynch at an Iraqi hospital. Mothers and fathers from El Paso and Cleveland express fear and hope for the missing 15, with two killed and five listed as prisoners.
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Texas
507Th
Pfc
Jessica Lynch
Amalia Estrella-Soto
Ruben Estrella- Soto
el Paso
Lynch
Nasiriyah
Euphrates River
Basra
Defense Department
U.S
Army
Rami Nielson- Green
Central Command
Doha
Qatar
Amalia Estrella
Comfort
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