Kentucky soldier killed in Iraq accident (#1832)

[leftchick]

RIP... :(


http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050807/NEWS0104/508070421/1008/NEWS01



An Army sergeant who lived in Western Kentucky was killed Friday in Iraq in an apparent Humvee accident.

Sgt. 1st Class Robert V. Derenda, 42, of Ledbetter in Livingston County, was killed when the Humvee he was driving overturned and exploded.

Derenda, who served with the Rochester, N.Y.-based 98th Division, had been trying to avoid a civilian fuel truck that had pulled in front of him on a highway in northern Iraq, 98th Division spokesman Maj. James Lincoln said.

Derenda, who lived for many years in Cheektowaga, N.Y., near Buffalo, was a member of a Military Transition Team, a unit that leads the training and mentoring process. He was based at a large training facility at Al Kasik, near the scene of the highway incident.

[seemslikeadream]

1. HOW MANY MORE GEORGIE, HOW MANY MORE?

http://ericblumrich.com/year.html 3 minute video



Legion

Enveloped in a sentiment,
a sound that rushes over me.
Engage an impulse to pretend
I have a faith as pure.
Not forgetting what it means to dream.
Indulging everything.
Entertaining thoughts that I've the strength
of those I yearn to be.
Cheers and tribute greet the saviours.
Reckless thoughts survive.
Anachronistic and impulsive.

And what will happen?
Will I dream?
I am too scared to close my eyes.
For a second please hold me.
None can change in me these things that I believe.
But I don't know what happens now.
I am too scared to close my eyes.

© VNV Nation

[leftchick]

2. Daylight photos of US Marine Coffins now on yahoo...

imagine that....



The Marine Color Guard places a U.S. flag over the casket of Lance Cpl. Brian Montgomery, who was killed in action in Iraq last week, at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport in Brook Park, Ohio August 6, 2005. REUTERS/Ron Kuntz



As his family watches, an honor guard carries the flag-draped casket carrying 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines Lance Cpl. Brian Montgomery of Willoughby, Ohio, as his body arrives at Cleveland Hopkins Airport, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2005. Montgomery was one of five reservists from the Brook Park, Ohio, battalion who were killed in Iraq on Monday. Brian's brother, Marine Lance Cpl. Eric Montgomery, with family group in dress uniform, was stationed in the same town in Iraq and escorted his body home. (AP Photo/AmySancetta)

[billyoc]

3. The air traffic controllers complained

that they can't handle all the nighttime coffin flights... :eyes:

[RetroLounge]

4. Will bush meet with this soldier's mother?

RL

[leftchick]

5. only if she has been pre-screened as a bush loyalist

and only then.

[RetroLounge]

10. Yes, that would a "noble" gesture on his part...

FUGWB

RL

[deadparrot]

6. RIP.

...

[cliss]

7. I'm wondering about the details of this

accident. The Humvee overturned and exploded. The driver was trying to avoid a civilian fuel truck that had pulled in front of him on a highway in N. Iraq.

I guess I can accept that he was trying to avoid the other truck. But would the Humvee explode because of this? I've never heard of this.

Don't most vehicles have a fuel valve shut-off switch that cuts off the fuel in the event of an accident?
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Rest in Peace. My condolences to the family.

[daleo]

12. The description is pretty similar to being flipped by an IED.

Who knows for sure anymore?

[Raiden]

8. Great--Just great!

How many more are going to have to die?

[0007]

9. Probably about 40k before the folks in this country will wake up!

[Raiden]

11. I'm afraid you're probably right

and it's a damn shame