Friday, November 14, 2003

WOUNDED, RECOVERED, AND HEADING BACK TO FINISH THE JOB

Read the entire story of this noncommissioned officer. It's guys like him that make NCOs the "backbone of the Army"

And note the dig at the all-terrorists-all-the-time network...
While recuperating in the hospital, he was approached by a U.S. military officer in search of a photo opportunity. Obligingly, Walden posed with the officer from his hospital bed.

After the snapshot, the officer instructed 34-year-old to call home and tell his family "it’s not true." At the time, Walden said he had no idea why the officer made such a strange request. It was only later that he found out Arab TV station Al Jazeera had reported Walden and his Bradley members dead.

Today, alive and well, he carries a copy of the news report with him, along with the Purple Heart he earned to remind him of that Independence Day.

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