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Initech

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9. My cousin was nearly blown up in an attack in his base in Iraq.

Reply to Taverner (Original post)

Fri Jan 4, 2013, 08:59 PM

Jan 2013

Thankfully he survived but members of his platoon weren't so lucky. He came back to the US with a completely changed view of the military because of the incident.

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Who has the Military Industrial Complex stolen from you? [View all] Taverner Jan 2013 OP

No one atreides1 Jan 2013 #1

I'm sorry for your loss Taverner Jan 2013 #2

Andy Bossert reteachinwi Jan 2013 #3

RIP Andy Bossert Taverner Jan 2013 #4

I knew more than 60 who died in Vietnam pinboy3niner Jan 2013 #5

We gotta kill this Taverner Jan 2013 #6

My best friends son mokawanis Jan 2013 #7

My heart goes out to you and his family Taverner Jan 2013 #8

My cousin was nearly blown up in an attack in his base in Iraq. Initech Jan 2013 #9