Monthly Archives: August 2010

Pfc. John E. Andrade

August 11, 2010 – 9:17 am

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Pfc. John E. Andrade, 19, of San Antonio, Texas, died Aug. 7 at DE Khak Chupan Turah, Kandahar, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 3rd Squadron, [...]

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PFC Paul O. Cuzzupe II

August 10, 2010 – 9:23 am

Pfc. Paul O. Cuzzupe II, 23, of Plant City, Fla., died Aug. 8 in Akhtar-Mohammad-Khan, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Calvary Regiment, Vilseck, Germany.
For more information, the media may contact the U.S. Army, Europe, and Seventh [...]

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Medics work to save Shinkay youth

August 9, 2010 – 3:18 pm

Angels of Mercy: HM-2 Shamica Wilson (center) helps monitor the boy’s vital signs as surgeons rush to save his arms.
Zabul, Afghanistan – Combined Team Zabul surgeons at Forward Operating Base Lagman worked tirelessly Monday Aug. 9th, to save the arms of a 13 year-old boy from Shin Kay. The teen’s upper arms had been severely [...]

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A True All-American

August 1, 2010 – 1:34 pm

Today I had an experience I hope I never have to repeat, and yet one that has left me so much richer in mind and spirit that I wouldn’t trade it for the world.
On an island in the middle of Puget Sound between Seattle and Tacoma, the community of Vashon came together to lay to [...]

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