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GI Special 5B1: "His Mother Blamed Bush"


...His mother Regina, who works at a K-Mart, said from the family’s home here that she blamed President Bush for his death and "for everybody that has been killed." "He needs to show up at our son’s funeral service and everyone else’s so he would know how he is hurting families," continued his father, Doyle, a mechanic. Shipp was their only son...



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GI Special 5B1: "His Mother Blamed Bush"

Thomas F. Barton

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GI Special:

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2.1.07

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GI SPECIAL 5B1:

 

 

NO MORE: BRING THEM ALL HOME NOW

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US soldiers from the 5-20 Infantry division carry a comrade onto a stretcher after he was wounded in a mortar blast on the outskirts of Baghdad.  (AFP/David Furst)

 

 

"His Mother Blamed President Bush For His Death"

"He Needs To Show Up At Our Son’s Funeral Service And Everyone Else’s So He Would Know How He Is Hurting Families"

Pfc. Darrell Wayne Shipp

 

01/26/2007 Jesse Bogan, Rio Grande Valley Bureau, San Antonio Express-News

 

HARLINGEN – Army Pfc. Darrell Wayne Shipp, 25, had high octane in his blood and was the proud parent of one baby – his car.

 

He drag raced at the San Antonio Speedway and on public roads, most recently in his beloved 2000 black Ford Mustang. He rocked in a punk band at Sam’s Burger Joint and the White Rabbit.

 

When heavy rain turned the Iraqi ground to mud, he relished pounding through the rough terrain in a Bradley Fighting Vehicle, and when it was broken down, a Humvee. Shipp was in a Humvee when a roadside bomb ended his exciting run on life Wednesday in Baghdad, casting a pall of grief and short bouts of anger among friends and relatives in San Antonio and the Rio Grande Valley.

 

His mother Regina, who works at a K-Mart, said from the family’s home here that she blamed President Bush for his death and "for everybody that has been killed."

 

"He needs to show up at our son’s funeral service and everyone else’s so he would know how he is hurting families," continued his father, Doyle, a mechanic. Shipp was their only son.

 

His experiences and interests were on display around their home, including a racing trophy and a clock beside the computer in the living room that had a little sign next to it: "Iraq Time."  

 

His parents frequently corresponded with him by internet and Webcam.  "I was on the computer every night talking to him. I’d be up until four," said his mother. "If he wasn’t online, I’d be waiting for him to be online."

 

Shipp grew up in and around the Alamo City, attending school in Marion and at Roosevelt High School before finishing in Harlingen in 2000.  After graduation he moved back to San Antonio, worked as a used car salesman and managed the meat department at an Albertson’s grocery store.

 

Before he joined the Army in 2005, he was a waiter at an Olive Garden restaurant off U.S. 281.

 

"He thrived under stress. He would laugh at it and had fun," said Jimmy Smith, 24, one of Shipp’s best friends in San Antonio and fellow band member of the group Celebrate Tuesday.

 

It’s unclear why he signed up for the military, but one of his four sisters, Donna Rosales, who is in the Army Reserve and may go overseas soon, said it changed him for the better.

 

"I think it did him some good," said Rosales, 23. "He grew up a lot, thinking about his life, thinking about his future."

 

Apparently he had plans to continue racing. A high performance clutch arrived in the mail earlier this week that he had ordered off the Internet from Iraq and was still sitting in a box on the living room floor of his parents’ home. Scheduled for leave in a couple of months, he wanted to supercharge the engine.

 

"He thought there was nothing better than scaring the crap out of someone," said Smith, who trusted Shipp as a driver and described him as "one in a million, not because he was my best friend, but because he was."

 

The two used to race the turnaround at Loop 1604 and Nacogdoches. Family and friends said he rarely lost, except for one race with the Harlingen police shortly before he deployed in October. Smith, who was in the car that night, said a Trans Am pulled up beside them and the driver wanted to run.  They screamed to a start and then to a stop repeatedly for about eight traffic lights.

 

"The brakes were smoking, and the clutch was smoking, but we won," he said. When a patrol car emerged, "we thought we got away from them, but they radioed to someone else," Smith said.

 

Shipp spent the night in jail. Shortly after, on his birthday, he was hugging his family goodbye as he left for Iraq.

 

His father recalled that moment Thursday night, standing near his kitchen counter covered with photographs and a brief casualty report that only gave a few details about the death.

 

"I just remember him right here," he said, reflecting on that last hug, eyes welling. "I didn’t think he was ever gonna turn loose. He just kept hugging and hugging and crying, and then I started to cry."

 

 

 

IRAQ WAR REPORTS

 

 

Two Soldiers And Marine Killed In Anbar

 

01/31/07 AP

 

Two soldiers and one Marine assigned to Multi-National Force — West died Tuesday of wounds sustained due to enemy action in Anbar, according to a statement. 

 

 

One Soldier Killed, One Wounded In Salah Ad Din Province

 

01/31/07 Multi National Corps Iraq Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory

 

A Task Force Lightning Soldier was killed Wednesday as a result of injuries sustained while conducting combat operations in Salah ad Din Province.  A second Soldier was wounded.

 

 

Catalina High School Alumnus Dies In Iraq: Leaves Wife, Daughter

Russell Borea

 

01.24.2007 By Carol Ann Alaimo, Arizona Daily Star

 

The Army took Sgt. 1st Class Russell Borea away from Tucson. Now he's coming home to rest after being killed in action in Iraq.

 

Borea, a 1986 graduate of Catalina High School, is the city's latest war casualty, felled Friday in Mosul when an improvised explosive device detonated during combat operations.

 

He is the 24th person with ties to Southern Arizona to be claimed by the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

 

Borea, 38, had been in Iraq since November with the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division from Fort Bliss, Texas, a Defense Department news release said.

 

His wife, Maria, and 10-year-old daughter were staying in Tucson with the wife's family during his deployment.  They got word of his death Friday night when two soldiers from Fort Huachuca knocked on the door of Maria Borea's parents' home.

 

Maria Borea, 37, is a 1989 graduate of Sahuaro High School.  At the time, she went by her middle and maiden names and was known as Nikki Watts.

 

"We are getting along as well as can be expected," said James Watts, the fallen soldier's father-in-law, in an interview on Tuesday.  His daughter declined to be interviewed.

 

"We're a military family, so we know the necessity of the job and what dangers he was expected to face," said Watts, a retired soldier himself.

 

Russell Borea was born in Connecticut to a family that moved to Tucson when he was young, Watts said.  His father is deceased, and his mother now lives in Las Vegas, he said.

 

After high school, Russell Borea spent several years in civilian jobs, including a stint as manager of a local Shakey's Pizza Parlor.  He met his future wife in Tucson and joined the Army shortly before the couple wed in 1995, Watts said.

 

"He wanted to make something of his life," Watts said.

 

The couple's only child, Marialena, was born in Germany while Russell Borea was stationed there in 1996.  He also had served in Bosnia.  This was his first tour in Iraq.

 

Russell and Maria Borea had a home in El Paso near Fort Bliss.  The Times report quoted the couple's Texas neighbors saying they appeared to be a loving family.

 

Russell Borea "seemed like a very nice guy. He liked being a father," said a neighbor identified as Ken Wade. "You could tell he was a good man by the way he was with his daughter."

 

Watts described his son-in- law as "a very soft-spoken, gentle person. He was a very calm man and a very humble individual."

 

 

Another NMI Soldier Killed

Adam Quitugua

 

February 01, 2007 By Marconi Calindas, Reporter, Saipan Tribune

 

The ongoing war in Iraq has claimed the life of another CNMI soldier.

 

Adam Quitugua, who was supposed to celebrate his 21st birthday this March, was reportedly killed in action.  He was from Tanapag.

 

Military Veterans Affairs director Ruth Coleman confirmed yesterday that Quitugua was killed in Iraq on Jan. 29.  She said she learned about the incident only yesterday.  She said Quitugua is with the U.S. Army, but she does not know his specific rank.

 

She said Adam's remains would be interred at the newly completed NMI Veterans Cemetery in Marpi.

 

"I am proud that a solider killed on mission will have his final resting place in our new cemetery," she said, adding that she would do her best to help and provide the victim's family the best memorial service that Adam deserves.  "We will give him the full military burial service."

 

Adam's aunt, Bernie Q. Saralu, could not help but lament the passing of her nephew, whom she said she treated as one of her sons.  She said she took care of Adam when his mother moved to Washington.

 

"He called me mama as well," she said in an interview with Saipan Tribune yesterday afternoon.

 

Saralu said his nephew would have turned 21 this coming March. She said Adam was a straight A student.

 

Although it broke her heart when her nephew left for Washington in 2003, she knew it was Adam's choice.  She said he didn't join the military until after he graduated high school in Washington.

 

Adam lived with his mom, Angelina, throughout his schooling.  He then joined the military in September 2006 and was immediately deployed in Iraq.

 

Just before his scheduled deployment, Saralu received a call from Adam informing her of his mission.  "I wish he didn't have to," she said.

 

"Adam told me he'd be back in March together with his mom, my sister.  'I'm coming back in March,'" Saralu said, adding that she told Adam to take extra care during his deployment.

 

Saralu said their family here on Saipan received a call from her daughter who also lives in Washington at 8:30am yesterday (3pm in Washington Jan. 29). "I feel bad. He is a very good boy."

 

She said there were no details given to the family yet, except that her nephew is already dead and his body is still in Iraq.  Saralu said more detailed information about the incident and the shipment of his remains have been promised to the family within today.

 

Adam is survived by his brothers, Frank and Christopher, and parents, Angelina Quitugua and Wen Emul.

 

The family started a nightly rosary at the Tanapag church yesterday. They will continue the rosary until Adam's remains reach the CNMI up to his interment, said Saralu.

 

 

Alaska Staff Sgt. Killed

Photo

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jamie D. Wilson, 34, was killed Jan. 22, 2007, by small arms fire while on guard duty at his base near Fallujah, Iraq.  Wilson joined the Army in 1990, and was assigned to Alaska in 2005. (AP Photo/U.S. Army Alaska)

 

 

Richmond Man’s Death In Iraq Leaves Five Fatherless

 

January 23, 2007 Daily Press

 

Daryl Booker called his father in Surry County just before Christmas last year and told him not to worry.

 

Booker, an Army National Guardsman who grew up in Richmond, had been in Iraq since October.

 

He'd survived a couple close calls, Earnest Hardy Sr. said.

 

"I figured if he was there in harm's way and was telling me not to worry, then I probably shouldn't," Hardy said.  But "You can't help but to worry."

 

Booker, a 38-year-old father of five, was one of 12 troops killed Saturday when the Black Hawk helicopter they were flying in crashed just outside of Baghdad.

 

While military officials have said the crash is still under investigation, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday that Iraqi sources said it had been shot down.

 

A witness claimed to have seen the ground fire that brought down the helicopter, and an insurgent group claimed responsibility via the Internet.

 

Soldiers notified Booker's mother, who lives in Richmond, on Saturday, Hardy said.

 

"She tried calling me seven times.  When I called her back, all she could say was, 'We lost Daryl.' "

 

Troops from Fort Eustis notified Hardy officially of his son's death on Monday.  He then had the grim task of spreading the news among the dozens of cousins and aunts and uncles living in Smithfield and Surry County.

 

Booker joined the Army when he turned 18.  After several years on active duty, Hardy said, Booker became a member of the Virginia National Guard and was attached to a unit near Richmond.  "In the last five or six years, he went on a bunch of tours," Hardy said. "He was a member of a peace-keeping force."

 

Booker was proud to be a soldier, Hardy said.

 

"He made a choice and made the best of his choice."

 

Booker is to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Funeral services will be held in Richmond.

 

 

Loss Of 'Fuzzy’ Devastates Little Sister, Girlfriend

 

January 23, 2007 By JENNIFER WILSON, THE GAZETTE

 

Friends called him Fuzzy because of his spiky hair.  He loved partying, video games and rock music — especially Led Zeppelin and Queen.

 

When Pfc. Allen B. Jaynes’ family and friends learned he’d been killed in combat, they were devastated.

 

"I will miss you big brother. I love you," wrote his sister, Stephanie, on his MySpace.com page.

 

Allen Jaynes, 21, died Saturday in Iraq when a bomb exploded near his vehicle, the Dep


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