A Family of American Patriots
This amazing story was sent to me by a family of American Patriots. Our nation is fortunate to have families that love their country enough to put their lives on the line for their country. Thank God for the Green family and for thousands of other families across this great land that put their faith in God and Country. As long as we have patriots like this family of patriots, our nation will stand strong against our enemies. I pray that the rest of us might gain insight into the call of duty that we must all share as we defend this nation on every front. We need people in every phase of American life with the nerve to serve as needed to continue to build our nation.
Randall,
In his story Doug Crow stated that the only explanation why they weren't
hit by the ak spray other than devine intervention was that the rounds went
between them. To this I reply...
If the ak rounds went between the 10 of you that WAS
devine intervention. My son Dan ser.w/2nd 508th 82nd abn inf
afghanistan his platoon was ambushed somewhere near pakistani border. Dan said
it was a perfect ambush. A classic L, the enemy held the high ground, the sun
was in thier eyes and it should have been slaughter. Est. enemy strength between
35-50 al quadea armed with at least 3 chinese heavy mac.guns-countless rpgs and
ak47's.
When it was over and the cordite drifted like a cloud over the
battlefield...Not one soldier from his platoon was dead. One
man had a small piece of rock hit him in the shoulder leaving a bruise this the
only wound. Dan's gunner was stuck in the turret so Dan
dismounted his vehicle & took positon between attackers & his buddy. He
said he watched tracers from the chinese machine guns coming directly to them
SWERVING away at the last minute. the same thing with the rpgs w/several
actually bouncing off the ground in front of them failing to detonate then
sailing off harmlessly in the air to land behind them. Hundreds of ak47 rds
whizzing all around striking vehicles & "pinging" off of them like a hail
storm but hitting no one. One round shattered a side window but the man inside
had just bent over to retrieve a fresh ammo clip for his m-4. Not a
scratch.
The martyrs of islam were not so fortunate suffering 10 dead on the
battlefield-numerous drag trails-& 17 afghan "farmers" w/ACCIDENTAL gunshot
wounds showed up within an hour at a local hosp. where they were treated then
promptly taken prisoner. Withering accurate fire from thier 240 b's had their
faces in the dust for evening prayers a good hour & a half early. allah must
have been on r&r that day.
Meanwhile back in the states Momma & Daddy were on their knees nearly
24/7. The result for the soldiers of 2/508th Charlie co...Every man without
exception knew that they KNEW... SOMETHING happened out there that man cannot
explain.
Boys from all walks of life and levels of faith & non-faith came to the
same conclusion:
Angels on the Battlefield
For more on this story go to www.steveraygreen.com . btw I was in A btry 2/32 at
fsb st. barbara on the night of june 18th, 1969. We could see the flashes of
impacting rounds & the blue-green & red tracers sweeping the sky-line
in the distance. We sent some "airmail" to Ike that night via 2 of our 8" guns
if I recall. and I do. My son is home & out now.
However, yesterday I said good bye to my youngest daughter as she returned
to Afghanistan from mid-tour leave. She, like her brother & father before
her is less than 5 miles from the Border at fob spin buldac in southern kandahar
province. Just before she deployed this spring she recieved radiation treatment
for cancer inside her eye ball & her soon to be ex-husband ( an afghan vet)
put a .45 he thought was loaded to her head and pulled the trigger. ( Unknown to
him she had unloaded the weapon on dad's advice the night before).
She fought hell & earth him & it and the united states army for
her right to deploy with her unit. She IS a warrior in every
sense of the word tho our generation has a hard time seeing women do the job.
Her name is SSGT Christina Otto. We call her Full-Otto. At 5' 2&1/2" &
120 lbs she looks like a pixie elf but she will kick you in the jimmies &
drop you down to her level then swing that m-4 up before you can say allah be
praised.
She is with a battlefield surveillance unit. This is military intelligence
personnel cross-trained in infantry tactics ( a total of 16
days of inf. training) in order to gather & analyze intel first
hand during the battle. As always, whether the officer that devised this
strategy should be honored as a genuis or shot as a traitor will only be
determined by the number of dead at the end of the day. I had to shorten this
story to fit in the box so I decided to send you the rest. We appreciate
We-Were-Soldiers.
thanks Randall
The Greens
I received this email concerning SSGT Christina Otto. Please be in prayer for Christina.
Randall,
Thanks for your encouragement. Unfortunately, since we last comm. our daughter has been medivac-ed from Afghanistan to Walter Reed Army hospital in Wash. She is somewhere between Germany and the U.S. tonight. Details are sketchy apparently whatever has happened she has lost sight in her right eye. don't know if you pray but if you do, she could use it right about now. She wants her full sight restored but more than that she has requested prayer that she be allowed to return to her unit regardless of what happens with her eye.
I was at illingsworth as well but went straight to tay ninh when I left that afternoon (apr 1st). I never went back to barbara as I was sent home on the 16th of april.
Steve
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