Nbadan
06-28-2005, 07:13 PM
Seven female Marines wounded in Thursday’s suicide bombing in Iraq stayed at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center before being flown to the United States on Monday.
Medical evacuation crews flew the women to Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, Landstuhl spokeswoman Marie Shaw said. She said she could not release the names of the wounded or their medical conditions. Brooke has a renowned burn center.
Eleven of the 13 troops injured in the ambush were women.
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Immediately after the bombing, the convoy came under attack by small arms fire, he wrote.
Six troops died in the ambush, the military said, including Lance Cpl. Holly A. Charette, 21, of Cranston, R.I. The Pentagon has not released the names of the other Americans who died.
EStripes (http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=30025)
Hooray for Brooks!
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Medical evacuation crews flew the women to Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, Landstuhl spokeswoman Marie Shaw said. She said she could not release the names of the wounded or their medical conditions. Brooke has a renowned burn center.
Eleven of the 13 troops injured in the ambush were women.
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Immediately after the bombing, the convoy came under attack by small arms fire, he wrote.
Six troops died in the ambush, the military said, including Lance Cpl. Holly A. Charette, 21, of Cranston, R.I. The Pentagon has not released the names of the other Americans who died.
EStripes (http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=30025)
Hooray for Brooks!
:hat