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For The Marines of

Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion, 10th Marines
& Captain Brian, Battery Commander

Words of Wisdom, Courage, Comfort, Honor

  Country Roads, Take Me Home: Army PFC Jessica Lynch of the 507th Maintenance Company that was ambushed March 23rd, was rescued from a Nasiriya hospital by Coalition Special Ops personnel in a dramatic nighttime raid. Her family in West Virginia is overjoyed, but still worried and praying for the other POWs and MIAs.

"Exactly 69 Mines, Sir": The mainly Shiite town of Najaf welcomes the 101st Airborne, after Saddam's Rats are driven out of town.

"Can you tell me what time Saddam is finished?": Another article on the joyous townspeople in Najaf.

Lt. Colonel Collins' speech to his men: Maintaining morale among troops facing combat is one of the greatest responsibilities -- and challenges -- for military field commanders. A commentary by Ben MacIntyre in the Times of London this weekend quoted a battlefield speech given by Lt. Col. Tim Collins, a 42-year-old commander of the Royal Irish battle group. Just hours before his troops went into battle, Col. Collins said this. (http://discover.npr.org/features/feature.jhtml?wfId=1200660)

We Few, We Happy Few, We Band of Brothers: The oft-quoted St. Crispin's Day speech from Shakespeare's Henry V. If you want the full effect of this powerful piece, rent the Kenneth Branagh version done in 1989.


For Our Brave Iron Ladies & Lion Cubs: Here is a particularly poignant cartoon from this week, by David Fitzsimmons of the Arizona Daily Star. You can see more like it at www.cagle.com.

Read an obituary for Navy Lt. Thomas Mullen Adams, the first Naval officer to die in the war. A Naval Academy graduate, a decorated pilot and a direct descendant of two U.S. presidents, Adams was an extremely bright, committed and light-hearted young man.

Cheers Tony! Here's a great New York Times article about how well the British and American forces are working together in the campaign.

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