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Luis Fonseca – Hero’s Story Continues
Previous story As the Marines in 1st Platoon, Alpha Company, 2nd Assault Amphibious Battalion advanced to secure the northern bridge in Nasiriyah, Iraq, on March 23, 2003, it seemed to then-Seaman Apprentice Luis Fonseca, a Navy hospital corpsman, that all hell had broken loose. “As we came up and over the bridge, we ran right into an ambush,†he said from his current assignment aboard the USS Bataan. “They threw all they had at us — … Read entire article »
Filed under: Heroes, Iraq, Military, War on Terror, WOT Heroes
Camp Dracula, Iraq Under New Management
Romanian Soldiers from the 151st Infantry Battalion “Black Wolves” participate in the transfer-of-authority ceremony with the 341st Inf. Bn. “White Sharks” at Contingency Operating Base Adder, Aug. 21, 2008. Romanian, Iraqi and U.S. military leaders and several local Iraqi leaders gathered for the Romanian Army’s 341st Infantry Battalion, “White Sharks,†assumption of authority from the 151st Infantry Battalion, “Black Wolves,†at Camp Dracula, Aug. 21, 2008. “The Black Wolves have set a very high standard, one we … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Our Allies, War on Terror
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