Dresden was a civilian town with no military significance. Why did we burn its people?

[JonLP24]

125. I doubt much of that

Regarding battles you must not mean troop casualties. Our unit casualty received a brief mention on the AP wire.

Much to my surprise someone at DU posted it.

BAGHDAD (AP) — Three U.S. soldiers and two Iraqi translators were
killed in two attacks south of Baghdad, the military said on Friday.
Eight soldiers were wounded.

In the worst of the two attacks Thursday, two soldiers were killed
and seven wounded in an attack on their base south of the capital.
The two Iraqi interpreters died in that attack.

The military statement said U.S. forces dispatched a quick reaction
force and attack helicopters to relieve the unit.

In a second attack Friday, the military said, one soldier was killed
and one wounded in a roadside bombing, also south of Baghdad.

The names of those killed and wounded were withheld until family
could be notified, the military said.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=2806262

The name was later revealed so it was easy to locate the time frame for a DU posting. It was actually an EFP that struck the passenger side door. A typical roadside bomb is very different and a M915A2 can easily absorb the blast. At first beginning in July '06, a gun truck was lead vehicle but odds typically favor the first vehicle striking it, they switched the lead vehicle to M915A2 just-in-case. In the case of the above the article, it was the Assistant Convoy Commander's vehicle who operates a Bobtail with only the maintenance bobtail & rear gun truck behind him. A 30 truck convoy drove by before the EFP was fired.

Probably the best & real friend I ever had was a HHD tasked to fill the slot for the convoy. His Mos was 88N but never did the tasks trained for it. Just was in a Batallion supply unit. He never talked about it, but he was dragged his corpse out of the vehicle and it probably had an effect on him in he was very supportive & defensive of friends. The ACC also suffered long term leg injuries which the company 1SG later accused him of malingering (everyone is accused of malingering at some point for having a profile)

I think other people are far more squemish to the violence that goes on. TCNs have lost their lives, in fact delivered most of the supplies to various bases. Military convoys had 5 truck & trailers, 2 bobtails, 3 gun trucks, and about 25 TCNs driving fiberglass Mercedes Semis. No armor or weapon & with the exception of Taji slept in the staging area while 2 troops had to be detailed to "watch the TCNs". There are thousands of mourners of deaths that we aren't even aware of.