Local Marine recalls Iraq tour and life at war
Lance Cpl. Donald W. Meyer Jr. bic home to Floresville after eight months in Iraq with the 1st Battalion 7th Marine Regiment. He describes life under war conditions, poverty, and the impact on civilians, including women, while recalling the 2003 Kuwait deployment and training.
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Donald W. Meyer Jr
Iraq
Lance Cpl. Meyer
Imelda DeLeon
Rita Garcia
Olivia
Floresville
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Baker Company
Wilson County
Meyer
Bush
Marine Expeditionary Force
Kuwait
Marine
Najaf
Lance Cpl
Donald Meyer Jr
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Private plane crash after propeller blade breaks in flight
Corpus Christi pilot Mark Bratton 79 and his wife were in critical condition at Brooke Army Medical Center after a Swearingen SX-300 lost a propeller blade en route to San Antonio. Bratton glided to a belly landing in a pasture near Fairview, avoiding a harsher crash by keeping the gear up.
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Corpus Christi
Fairview
Brooke Army Medical Center
San Antonio
Mark Bratton
Jesse Cavazos
Federal Aviation Administration
Cavazos
Bratton
Dirty bomb drill tests Wilson Memorial staff regionwide
Wilson Memorial Hospital hosted a regional dirty bomb mock drill with 24 hospitals participating. Medical teams practiced decontamination and radiological screening as NDMS evaluators observed. Local schools provided mock victims while Brooke Army Medical Center and Red Cross supported the exercise.
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Floresville
Wilson Memorial Hospital
Bob Duffield
Duffield
Brooke Army Medical Center
American Red Cross
Amateur Radio Service
San Antonio
Kendra Lee
Floresville High School
Audrey Garcia
Bill O’connell
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