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Show HILLTOP TIMES flMES July 5, 2007 Record label gives troops voice about war, combat zone BY ERIC TUCKER Associated Press Writer arine Sgt Sugarray Henry reached for a cigarette as his platoon returned its base following a nighttime sweep for land mines and explosives in Hit, Iraq. Gunfire, sudden and furious and aimed square at his convoy, disturbed the still darkness. It pierced his military truck, shot out a couple of his tires, punctured holes in the side mirror. A driver up ahead was shot and killed, his vehicle spilling into a muddy ditch. Henry, positioned in the second truck from the back, grabbed his M-16 rifle and let loose. "It was just gunfire coming from everywhere, and all we could do was just shoot — shoot back," Henry recalled. That harrowing night in early 2005 would come to mind months later when, from the safety of a military barracks in Hawaii, Henry put his thoughts on paper. He wrote about looking for insurgents on a "dark, late night," about the bullets that whizzed by his head, about an urgent voice on the radio relaying news that a comrade was killed, shot in the head. He reflected, too, how he almost cried when he saw a dead Marine from his squad. A fellow member of the platoon wrote a verse about a friendly fire incident the two had survived. They mixed in background sound effects of explosions and machine-gun fire and recorded a hip-hop song they called "Combat Zone." "We in a combat zone/The only thing we can think about is making it home/They keep on extending us/We done been here M INTEGRITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP 2165 MADISON AVENUE, OGDEN Family Sunday School: 9:00 Worship 10:30 Family Bible Study 6:30 Wed. evening www.inleoritychfislianfellowship.cQm too long/Wake up one day and then the next day you gone." The song is included on the first CD of a new record label reserved for past and present members of the military. Sean Gilfillan and Sidney DeMello, Rhode Island natives behind To The Fallen Records, based in Newport, were eager to give musically inclined troops a vehicle for expression — and expose civilians back home to the realities of military life. The 14 hip-hop tracks on the CD mix sobering reflections on war with thumping rap beats and catchy choruses. Rock and country songs will step forward on future releases. "We want it to appeal to everyone, whatever your beliefs are," DeMello said. For Henry, 23, writing "Combat Zone" with Tendaji Akil, a fellow member of Dirty Boi Vets, was a "stress reliever," an opportunity to recount in unfiltered fashion the violence of war. Henry enlisted in the military as an escape from the streets of Mobile, Ala., where he had lived with his mother and older brother. His mother gave him two options after high school: college or the military. " 'Everybody's not going to make it back,' " Henry recalled being told. " 'Some people gonna die, some people gonna get hurt.' They told us all that in the beginning." For the longtime rap fan, formulating his thoughts into hiphop lyrics was a natural outlet. "Basically, I was just trying to tell a story that happened," said Henry, a member of the 81 mm mortar platoon, Weapons Company, 1st Batallion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, 'He is the real Physician, bringing divine remeday. and healing lo the world of man." Abdu'l-Baha W^Baha'i Faith •^^ A Prescription For M Healing The World 476-0102 Pastor Tim & Min. Vickt Henderson For more information call 771-05B6 or 317-9575 STEPHAN SAVOWSlandard-Examiner Above, Sean Gilfillan (left) and his partner and co-owner of "To The Fallen Records," Sidney DeMelio, discuss artists they are considering for their upcoming country and rock CD from her parent's home in Middletown, R.I., recently. Gilfillan, a former Army captain who served 15 months in Iraq, was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder upon his return and has found his recording venture to be cathartic. Left, the tattoo on Gilfillian's back, which he had done upon his return from Iraq, is a memorial to seven of his friends killed there. based in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. "I was trying to paint a picture of what it was like." That's one of the label's primary goals. "Our message is, if you want to know about it listen to the CD, listen to the different opinions of the guys and girls that are actu- Mountain View Baptist Church (SBC) JustWoiHwy89 on Hwy 193, Layton ally involved directly there," Gilfillan said. "And gauge what they have to say and then form your own opinions." The venture keeps Gilfillan, 28, rooted in the military, which has been part of his family for generations. 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