Death, Duty in a Forgotten Corner of War

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Remembering Gunny and the Kid, a Hard-Hit Unit Goes Back on Patrol

By Doug Struck
Washington Post Foreign Service
Friday, August 13, 2004; Page A01

QAIM, Iraq -- Word spread fast. It was Gunny. And the young kid, Nice.

The news was passed in low voices, quiet conversations. No one wanted to say it loudly. The Marines heard it and looked away. They squinted at the heavy sun, kicked their boots in the dust. Their faces hardened. They spat their dip and shifted the guns on their shoulders. They swore. What else was there to say but goddammit.

Death, Duty in a Forgotten Corner of War

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1. Dammit...eom