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Swede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-05 03:13 PM
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"Lucky Lima" company's luck has run out in Iraq.
Their son was the first to die. On Mother’s Day, he led a team of Marines to a house near the Iraqi-Syrian border. Cpl. Dustin Derga, the practical jokester who wanted to be a fireman, tried kicking in the door. He was met with a spray of armor-piercing bullets from insurgents tucked in a crawl space beneath the floor.

War brings misery home, but this war has brought this company, these families far more than their fair share.

The Columbus-based unit was once known as “Lucky Lima,” having suffered no fatalities and few injuries after arriving in Iraq in March.

http://www.journal-news.com/local/content/news/stories/2005/08/08/HJN0808LimaCompanysLoss_w.html
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