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| Iraq |
| The General Lee will rise again! |
| 2007-09-26 |
| Ann Roosevelt, Defense Daily By sea and by land, one of the Army’s war-battered Stryker vehicles known to its unit as the General Lee is coming home to Anniston Army Depot, Ala., where it was built, to be repaired and sent on to a unit in ready-to-fight condition. . . . Time after time in Iraq, General Lee saved soldiers from improvised explosive devices, but an explosion in April left it unrepairable in Iraq and declared a battle loss. General Lee is known far and wide from writer Michael Yon’s dispatch titled “Superman,” which recounts some Army unit activities in Iraq that left soldiers virtually unscathed while riding in General Lee. . . . ATGM-0086 was sent Jan. 19, 2005 to the 172nd Infantry Brigade, A company, 52nd Infantry based at Ft. Lewis, Wash. The vehicle was reassigned Sept. 6, 2005, to the 3rd Brigade 2nd Infantry Division, C Company 52 infantry Iraq, where the platoon renamed their Stryker the General Lee. After bringing its soldiers through several roadside bombs and local repairs, on April 15 General Lee was hit hard by such a bomb and technically determined a battle loss–like totaling a car–on April 16. . . . Once unloaded in Charleston, General Lee will be taken on the long, about 600 mile journey to Anniston Army Depot for a more in-depth final technical assessment. Once that is done, reset work can begin. . . . |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #7 They just jack up the wax job and drive a new vehicle under it. That's a keeper! |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-09-26 16:19 |
| #6 Saw how they refurb an M1A1 on the Discovery Channel a few months ago. KBK pretty much got it right. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-09-26 15:27 |
| #5 It's amazing what they can do to completely rebuild a vehicle. They just jack up the wax job and drive a new vehicle under it. |
| Posted by: KBK 2007-09-26 15:23 |
| #4 I've been to the Anniston Army Depot. It's amazing what they can do to completely rebuild a vehicle. When it comes out it's as good as new. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2007-09-26 13:46 |
| #3 How about going from Lee to Grant and then to Sherman? (private joke for WWWII tank enthousiasts) |
| Posted by: JFM 2007-09-26 12:20 |
| #2 Only of its bottom as it jumps over Roscoe P. Coaltrain's police cruiser. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2007-09-26 10:31 |
| #1 Maybe it'll turn out to be this generations Memphis Belle, any video? |
| Posted by: Thomas Woof 2007-09-26 10:17 |