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March 30, 2006

Must-Read of the Day

Posted by Bill

There were 13 bullet holes peppered over his armored vest--the impact from any one of them enough to knock a man down. The vest's ceramic armor inserts, back and front, had been cracked in numerous places.
"Sapper Seven," the wiry, hollow-cheeked guy who had been so hard on his men in training, so exacting, so insistent on "doing it right"; the guy who had led them into battle on the first day of the war with a rock-'n'-roll tape blaring from his Humvee; the guy who had personally got down on his knees in front of their convoy to patiently, carefully extract the deadly mines when they ran into a minefield near the Karbala Gap, was dead.

Chills.

(Via the LB)

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My heartfelt thanks to Sgt. Smith for his selfless service in an honorable cause. My sympathy to his family, and to his many friends and fellow soldiers.

Dan Patterson

Posted by: Dan Patterson at March 30, 2006 10:58 AM

Thank you for alerting us to the story of this heroic man.

Posted by: Nancy at March 30, 2006 07:42 PM

I wrote and thanked the WSJ for posting this article. I read a lot of the Milblogs, so was very familiar with Sgt. Smith's story,and a Florida paper did major coverage at the time, but that's about it. The guy was totally amazing, and it's sad that not that many citizens know about him. Thanks, Bill.

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