Tuesday, August 10, 2004
The Roanoke Times
Battalion salutes its first fallen
Soldiers of the 29th Division remembered two soldiers killed in action on Saturday.
By John Cramer
GHAZNI PROVINCE, Afghanistan — Two hours before it was time for the dead to be remembered Monday, Sgt. Maj. Mike McGhee walked to the middle of the gravel compound in Camp Ghazni...........
Less than a month after arriving on the front lines of the war on terrorism, 3rd Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division, suffered its first casualties Saturday at the hands of Taliban militants..............
McGhee said the deaths have united the battalion even more.
"One positive is it makes the unit tighter," he said. "The love these guys have for each other gets more concentrated. That sounds strange to say, but it’s the brotherhood of soldiers. It’s a hell of a cost to pay."
Battalion salutes its first fallen
Soldiers of the 29th Division remembered two soldiers killed in action on Saturday.
By John Cramer
GHAZNI PROVINCE, Afghanistan — Two hours before it was time for the dead to be remembered Monday, Sgt. Maj. Mike McGhee walked to the middle of the gravel compound in Camp Ghazni...........
Less than a month after arriving on the front lines of the war on terrorism, 3rd Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division, suffered its first casualties Saturday at the hands of Taliban militants..............
McGhee said the deaths have united the battalion even more.
"One positive is it makes the unit tighter," he said. "The love these guys have for each other gets more concentrated. That sounds strange to say, but it’s the brotherhood of soldiers. It’s a hell of a cost to pay."
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