Lance Corporal Joshua M. Bernard: the real storyBy Soumya Sinha, Gaea News Network
Friday, September 4, 2009
Joshua M. Bernard, if you are wondering about this Lance Corporal and why is he in the news today, you will realize the proverb that truth is indeed stranger than fiction or for that matter, stories. coz, this AP news, called death of a marine isn’t only a story that talks of another brave hero or a martyr. It speaks of real scares that still loom large in Afghanistan. Let me give you an excerpt,
The pomegranate grove looked ominous.
The U.S. patrol had a tip that Taliban fighters were lying in ambush, and a Marine had his weapon trained on the trees 70 yards away. “If you see anything move from there, light it up,” Cpl. Braxton Russell told him.
Thirty seconds later, a salvo of gunfire and RPGs — rocket-propelled grenades — poured out of the grove. “Casualty! We’ve got a casualty!” someone shouted. A grenade had hit Lance Cpl. Joshua “Bernie” Bernard in the legs…
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