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| Iraq-Jordan |
| Remember the 4th ID statue made from Saddam's statue? |
| 2004-09-03 |
| We all remember the statue of the little girl comforting a mourning soldier. Ft. Hood held a memorial dedicated to 81 who died in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Be sure to click on the More Photos and see the statue in its final resting place. Just wanted to share this with you. EFL In a halting voice, Sgt. Maj. Ronald Riling read aloud a list of names as 200 civilians and 5,000 soldiers stood mute under a grumbling gray sky Thursday morning. They were the names of 80 soldiers and one civilian contractor killed in the line of duty as part of Taskforce Ironhorse, a group of 33,000 that included Fort Hood’s 4th Infantry Division. Formed in January 2003, the task force, which was composed of soldiers from all over the country, was one of the first to be sent to Iraq when the war began. By April, the entire task force had returned home and disbanded. While the names dissipated into the breeze, now there is a physical space to mark their lives. Thursday morning, Fort Hood officials opened a new memorial to commemorate those 81 who were lost from April 2003 to February. The memorial, which was constructed with donations from soldiers and private businesses, features one plaque for each person who died. The plaques are mounted on a wall that curves around a bronze statue. |
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