truck drivers for 33 years I don’t like just getting up and driving to the
just getting up and driving to the
just getting up and driving to the factory downtown working eight or ten I
factory downtown working eight or ten I
factory downtown working eight or ten I heard driving back home every day that’s
heard driving back home every day that’s
heard driving back home every day that’s not for me
not for me
not for me when I found out that they needed truck
when I found out that they needed truck
when I found out that they needed truck drivers in Iraq it’s just like the light
drivers in Iraq it’s just like the light
drivers in Iraq it’s just like the light bulb went off I told my wife this is
bulb went off I told my wife this is
bulb went off I told my wife this is what I want to do it might not have been
what I want to do it might not have been
what I want to do it might not have been the best thing for my family but it’s
the best thing for my family but it’s
the best thing for my family but it’s something that I needed to do for me at
something that I needed to do for me at
something that I needed to do for me at that time in my life I needed to get
that time in my life I needed to get
that time in my life I needed to get something back to my country 43 years
something back to my country 43 years
something back to my country 43 years old and this was an opportunity and I
old and this was an opportunity and I
old and this was an opportunity and I was not going to miss we were based out
was not going to miss we were based out
was not going to miss we were based out of the camp anaconda just north of
of the camp anaconda just north of
of the camp anaconda just north of Baghdad
Baghdad
Baghdad we were truck drivers in the States but
we were truck drivers in the States but
we were truck drivers in the States but none of us is driven the truck in a war
none of us is driven the truck in a war
none of us is driven the truck in a war zone
zone
zone April 9th was the one-year anniversary
April 9th was the one-year anniversary
April 9th was the one-year anniversary the fall of Baghdad turn our safety
the fall of Baghdad turn our safety
the fall of Baghdad turn our safety briefing with our military escorts and
briefing with our military escorts and
briefing with our military escorts and said we’ve got some executors when put
said we’ve got some executors when put
said we’ve got some executors when put in your trucks that had never had
in your trucks that had never had
in your trucks that had never had with 19 trucks being truck I mean I was
with 19 trucks being truck I mean I was
with 19 trucks being truck I mean I was after Vincent we had a lot of trucks
after Vincent we had a lot of trucks
after Vincent we had a lot of trucks that you get for the IEDs and is I’m
that you get for the IEDs and is I’m
that you get for the IEDs and is I’m going into this area I knew that this is
going into this area I knew that this is
going into this area I knew that this is where these things could happen anything
where these things could happen anything
where these things could happen anything is gonna happen it’s gonna happen on the
is gonna happen it’s gonna happen on the
is gonna happen it’s gonna happen on the stretch of highway right here
there’s one Iraqi insurgents as a key
there’s one Iraqi insurgents as a key point of that
point of that
you know started across the road and I
you know started across the road and I look down this alley and it’s just a
look down this alley and it’s just a
look down this alley and it’s just a dream of insurances and I’m thinking
dream of insurances and I’m thinking
dream of insurances and I’m thinking this is a done deal
this is a done deal
this is a done deal these guys just walked up to me Gordon
these guys just walked up to me Gordon
these guys just walked up to me Gordon pulls on that
this was my first day
this was my first day Kathy woke up and I’m here in
Kathy woke up and I’m here in
Kathy woke up and I’m here in helicopters off in the distance I looked
helicopters off in the distance I looked
helicopters off in the distance I looked up and I saw a piece of this piece of
up and I saw a piece of this piece of
up and I saw a piece of this piece of wood hanging down from the rafter and I
wood hanging down from the rafter and I
wood hanging down from the rafter and I reached up and got ahold of it with my
reached up and got ahold of it with my
reached up and got ahold of it with my left arm and I pull down as hard as I
left arm and I pull down as hard as I
left arm and I pull down as hard as I could I grab that timber and I shove it
could I grab that timber and I shove it
could I grab that timber and I shove it through that hole trying to get acted on
through that hole trying to get acted on
through that hole trying to get acted on these helicopters I’m hearing they’re
these helicopters I’m hearing they’re
these helicopters I’m hearing they’re moving I’ve got to get out of it
moving I’ve got to get out of it
moving I’ve got to get out of it and I gave it a big shove push them
and I gave it a big shove push them
and I gave it a big shove push them inside and the door pushed open and I
inside and the door pushed open and I
inside and the door pushed open and I ran out
ran out
ran out – big Chinooks work we’re headed in my
– big Chinooks work we’re headed in my
– big Chinooks work we’re headed in my direction I’m going home today
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