Year: 2004
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Copter-Borne Medics: Disciplined Ballet, Choreographed to Save G.I.’s
by John F. Burns, New York Times August 6th, 2004 BAGHDAD, Iraq, Aug. 5 – For days, an unnatural quiet had settled on the Army’s 45th Medical Company, one of four airborne medical evacuation units supporting 130,000 American troops in Iraq. Little was heard of the three rings on the radios carried by the standby…
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Upon First Seeing Filming of a Reality TV Show
I was in Midway Airport last night traveling to Raleigh, NC on Southwest Airline Granada Films is shooting a show called “Airline“ It is based on the doings of Southwest Airlines at Midway and is to be shown on A&E I saw a sign of waiver to that effect at the airport– a blanket statement…
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Powell Travels to Baghdad in Effort to Improve Morale
By JOHN F. BURNS July 31, 2004 Lloyd Francis Jr./Associated Press Secretary of State Colin L. Powell greeted troops and American Embassy staff members on Friday at the embassy annex in the Green Zone after a speech thanking the military and staff for sacrifices made in Iraq. BAGHDAD, Iraq, July 30 – Secretary of State…
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[JJ Letters] Jack O’Neil Narrative
Note: The following is transcription of a conversation I had with my father, Jack O’Neil, on the back porch of his apartment in Sewickley, PA, on Tuesday Morning, August 10, 2004. EARLY YEARS I was born on December 26, 1926 above a tailor shop on the corner Idewild & Lang Avenues in the Homewood section…
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2211 W. Pershing Rd.
Permit #: 20417170 Applicant: American Demolition Corp. Owner: The Meyne Company Permit Description: Partial demolition: removal of a 2-story warehouse addition and loading dock [not orange-rated] Status (if applicable): Released 7/21/04