Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Monday November 17 2003 — A9 0 Iraq occupation 1 1 community l&sinittiLodfy “It was like he lived to be around (he aircraft' said Jessica Wheat who planned to marry Dusenbery and lives in Illinois with his parents “The Black Hawk and other aircraft it was like they were a part of that man like his left arm-- ' Fort Campbell a close-kn- it patriotic military community copters on the Kentucky-Tennessc- c The deaths Saturday marked border has lost 53 soldiers in the largest single loss of life the Iraq war all but two from for the 1 0 1 st Airborne Divi- the 1 0 st In addition 16 sol- sion since 1988 when 17 sol' ' diers from two diers died in the collision of special forces units also based at the post two Black Hawk helicopters have been killed since Sept during training 1 1 : 200 1 “What I see here is deep fighting I concern and I see fear' see Afghanistan and the Philip- -' the unknown and I see people pines “There are too many of turning to one another" the them dying right now" said ' Rev Carl McCarthy said after-MasRobert Lambert 50 a local at the church in Hop- truck driver whose son is in kinsville 15 miles north of Fort Campbell Iraq serving with a Fort Car-unit Lambert said Among those killed Satur- the news is difficult to bear day was Army Spc William D Dusenbery a helicopter “A lot of times I just don't want to listen to it any more" crew member from Fairview he said Heights III FORT CAMPBELL Ky (AP) — A day before the funeral Mass for one parishioner killed in Iraq the congregation at Sts Peter and Paul Catholic Church prayed Sunday for 7 other soldiers in the same division killed in the crash of two Black Hawk heli- iroeDs Iftrom rosing deattlh) and that happens when you 1 1 ' '' “AP photo US Hawk Mosul northern Iraq late Saturday s son-bas- ' ' ! ' ed ' AP photos from left Jacob Burgdyne Alberto Martinez Mario Navarriste and Douglas Woodcoff are shown in undated police booking photos All four men are charged !ri connection with the stabbing death of Spc Richard R Davis 24 of St Charles Mo shortly after the five returned to Fort Benning Ga after serving in Iraq Martinez is charged with murder end the other three with con- !US Army soldiers ' cealing a death : Missing Iraq war vet found slain four from unit charged in death ' but wonder If this had hap- -' peried a week before they ' ton when investigators found iL ' deployed would the result have' hidden in the woods for nearly ' been the same?” Davis returned from the Mid- four months and so decom- that knife maiksetched ' - dle East on July 12 from his ' ’ second in its bones were the only way deployment since May' 2002 His unit-- 1- 1st Battalion to tell the riian had been J 15th Infantry Regiment of the stabbed" sur-- s Davis had Richard Army's 3rd Infantry Division Spc ' vived the war in had spent most of the past Iraq where he turned 25 during the march to monthsin the regioiitrain: ' ing fighting and waiting to go Baghdad only to be slain after home ' at his homecoming celebrating Davis never called his par-en- ts a topless ter near Fort Benning to tell them he was back With the discovery of his ' body earlier this month came a ' He had no wifeqr girlfriend in even more disturbing twist The Columbus So he piled into a' ' car with four otter soldiers four men accused pf turning on from his company for a night him with fists and a blade then out to celebrate- hiding his body had served V hini'in the teside They headed to the Platinum ' sameinfantry Club a topless bar: unit in the blazing desert sands ' At some poinL Davis appar-entl- y facing Iraqi bullets and rocket- -' ' insulted one of the propelled grenaides ' dancers and the soldiers werc ' - Now the Army is on the ' kicked out said Lt Steve Cox defensive accused by Davis' ' ' Police Depart- of family of writing him off as ment: AWOL instead of quickly ' ' : Davis’s fellow soldiers later investigating his disappearance Some people arc alsoques- - ! told jmlice they were upset about it and started brawling tioning the investigators’ con- " elusion that the killing was with Davis in tte parking lot result of brawl a the They left and drove about three simply " miles before Pfc Alberto Mar-tinbad trauma if wondering gone ' from the battlefield could have pulled the car oyer ' Then Martinez said led to bloodshed at home they ' “All of the evidence says pulled a knife and stabbed Davis several times there was no bad blood" between the soldiers said Mark r The four soldiers drove to a convenience store and bought Shelnutt a defense attorney for Pfc Douglas Woodcoff one of lighter fluid Then they " returned to the blobdied the accused men ‘They've all corpse tried tio bum it and left it in the been to Iraq they want to have woods " You can't help a few drinks COLUMBUS Ga (AP) — The body was almost a skele- - -- -- ' : ez huskier and the speaker ' seemed tired evil ones now find themselves in crisis and this is God's will for them” he said The only solution for Iraq the speaker said was for “the zealous Iraqi sons who ran its affairs and brought it out of backwardness to return to run its affairs anew” lie said referring to the Baath leader- ship The speaker also lashed out at Iraqis who cooperate with the US military calling them “stray dogs that w alk alongside the caravan" The top US administrator in Iraq iL Paul Bremer said Saddam likely made some arrangements for a guerrilla war against the Americans before his regime fell in ApriL “The Continued from A1 The CIA said it would review the tape for its authendisticity But President Bush ' missed the recording “I suspect it's the same old stuff It's propaganda We’re not leaving until die job is done pure and simple'’ Bush said “I'm sure he'd like to see us leave if in fact it's his voice I know the elements of the Baathist party those who used to torture maim and kill in order to stay in power would like to see us leave” The voice in the recording resembled Saddam's but was ' " - search through debris of an U S Army Black helicopter Sunday after it crashed into a residential area in Army soldiers Like Lambert some are ' speaking out in frustration against the war comparing it to Vietnam! where more than 3000 101st soldiers died Others say they fully support the war and denounce its oppo- - : nenisY Pete Milbauer 64 an usher at Sts Peter and Paul who served four tours in Vietnam said the deaths are a difficult but inevitable part of war “You’re there for a purpose fight a war" Milbauer said He said he chastised his sister for opposing the war in : Iraq saying it was bud for morale and bud for the troop country “When I came back home we were treated like dirt You didn't want to wear a uniform and that's just left a hitter taste in my mouth" he said The20(XX)-plu- s strong 10 1st is not expected to return until February one year after it left The yellow ribbons lining the light posts on the Ken- - ' tucky road leading td Fort ' Campbell ait now shredded and weathered On Monday a funeral Mass'- -' is planned for Chief Warrant Officer 3 Kyran Kennedy a : Downtown Diteounlt! SpMial'! Ewht?! tioDO member of the church killed " Nov 7 “I personally wish they'd come home and that the war would end" McC arthy said In addition to Dusenbery 30 the Department of Defense identified four others of the 17 killed on Saturday as Sgt Michael D Acklin II 25 of Louisville Ky Spc Ryan T Bilker 24 of Brown Mills N J Sgt Warren S Hansen 36 of Clintonville Wis and Spc Eugene A Uhl III 21' of Amherst Wis! Acklin the only Kentucky : native that sir far identified in the crash “was a fine young ' man' said his grandfather ' Eugene Acklin "We are hurt but so far we'll get along pret- ty well" ' Solid Wood Furniture No partical board Fully assembled Lifetime Warranty 4 nAkiJownlownJnMi - r |