A Star in Iraq (sandstorm warning)

[darrels joy]

This, my friends, is what we need to remember.

Got a tough, but heartwarming story and a picture of John Gebhardt in Iraq. For those that did not know John, he was our former Med Group Chief, Dave Nordel replaced him. Anyway, his wife talked with mine last evening and sent this picture. Mindy related that this little girl's entire family was executed.They intended to execute her also and shot her in the head but they failed to kill her. She was cared for by John's hospital and healing up, but has been crying and moaning. The nurses said John is the only one she seems to calm down with, so John has spent the last four nights holding her while they both sleep in that chair. The girl is coming along with her healing.

John comes home in early October.

*He is a real Star of the war and is representative of what America is trying to do.

[SEATJERKER]

...were the words I used with my daughter after I printed it off, and handed it to her, I'm sure the photo, and caption will make it to her High School tomorrow, and I told her "Our men, and women are doing the right thing over there", and just closed her door,...

...Thank you for one of many spirited uplifting good tidings that escape to the real world,...

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[b3196]

Thanks Joy.....Thats what it's all about
Bob K

[DMZ-LT]

Suffer the children. Thanks for the reminder Joy.

[Robert Ryan]

Such a moving story. It is so meaningful to me now to care about the children who suffer from this tradgey. I surely didn't feel this way in Vietnam, I was younger then, and just wanted to survive, and numbed out like most of us did to my surroundings. It is was ashame I felt this way then. I have since come to terms with that and have dealt with it in my PTSD group. I don't know why I am writing all of this, it just makes me sick now to see a child have to go this.

[revwardoc]

Naturally the media won't pick up on a story like this. It makes the US military look good.

[Arrow]

Thank you Joy, you're right about the sandstorms...