WAR WITH IRAQ; An Ambush in Southern Iraq Tears at an Army Town in Texas HOME EDITION

About 4,000 of Ft. Bliss' 13,000 soldiers have been deployed to the Middle East, enough that apartment vacancies are climbing and restaurants report plummeting business. Still, morale soared here in the first days of the war. Then last weekend, part of Fort Bliss' 507th Maintenance Company...

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Published inThe Los Angeles times
Main Author Scott Gold and Tom Gorman
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, Calif Los Angeles Times Communications LLC 26.03.2003
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FT. BLISS, Texas
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Summary:About 4,000 of Ft. Bliss' 13,000 soldiers have been deployed to the Middle East, enough that apartment vacancies are climbing and restaurants report plummeting business. Still, morale soared here in the first days of the war. Then last weekend, part of Fort Bliss' 507th Maintenance Company was ambushed near Nasiriyah in southern Iraq. "You know how fathers nudge their kids to do better than they do?" said Kiehl's father, [Randy Kiehl]. The Kiehls live in Comfort, Texas, a town of about 1,500 near San Antonio, best known for its antiques. "I repair big RVs, and I come home dead-dog tired and covered in dirt. We convinced him to pursue a more suitable field." Also missing is Pfc. Lori Piestewa, 22, of Tuba City, Ariz., the youngest of four children. The names of three others are not available. Officials on Monday identified Spc. Jessica Lynch, 19, of Palestine, W.Va., as missing.
ISSN:0458-3035