Part IV: For 2 soldiers, families, lives change (part 4 of 7)

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Part IV: For 2 soldiers, families, lives change
By Sharon Cohen - The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Aug 8, 2008 5:50:10 EDT

In that dreadful December, every day brought bloodshed, every week hundreds of attacks on Americans and Iraqis.

Car bombings. Drive-by shootings. Kidnappings. Torture. Bullet-riddled bodies. Sectarian fighting. It was a horrible end to a horrible year in the Iraq war.

And for two young soldiers, December 2006 was the month that changed everything, forever.

The sky was clear on Dec. 2 when Sgt. John Kriesel’s armored Humvee rolled out to check a report of suspicious activity: people digging on a dirt road near Fallujah.

His Humvee was turning a corner when the left front tire ran over something. Riding shotgun in the vehicle, Kriesel heard a metallic plink — like a rock striking a 55-gallon drum.


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/08/ap_longdeployment_080708/



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