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lugerholsterrepair · 04-06-2009, 07:13 PM

Bob..FYI, my son was in the 173rd Airborne out of Italy. He went in to Iraq from the north when it all started. He's light, so he went down with the base plate of his crew's large morter. He was wouded by a rocket propelled grenade while his crew was sleeping in Chemical Ali's palace. It cost him both feet. He was the first 173 soldier to be wounded in war since Viet Nam.
Sorry to hear that...I was also an 81MM Mortar Gunner. There is little about war that is glorious. Those of us that have been there know that and those like your Son who have received grevious wounds live it every day. I hope he is adapting to his new condition with the paratrooper will to strive. Please..when you see him next... shake his hand for me and tell him this old Paratrooper is proud of him , his service and sacrafice.

Jerry Burney

04-06-2009, 07:13 PM	#7
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,775 Thanks: 4,995 Thanked 3,134 Times in 1,439 Posts	Bob..FYI, my son was in the 173rd Airborne out of Italy. He went in to Iraq from the north when it all started. He's light, so he went down with the base plate of his crew's large morter. He was wouded by a rocket propelled grenade while his crew was sleeping in Chemical Ali's palace. It cost him both feet. He was the first 173 soldier to be wounded in war since Viet Nam. Sorry to hear that...I was also an 81MM Mortar Gunner. There is little about war that is glorious. Those of us that have been there know that and those like your Son who have received grevious wounds live it every day. I hope he is adapting to his new condition with the paratrooper will to strive. Please..when you see him next... shake his hand for me and tell him this old Paratrooper is proud of him , his service and sacrafice. Jerry Burney __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."