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Snaquebite
08-03-2007, 16:30
Well done!

Aug 03, 2007
BY Senior Master Sgt. Charles Ramey, Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force Arabian Peninsula
Dalal, an 8-year-old girl from Iraq's Anbar province, was escorted to Baghdad, along with her father, by U.S. Special Forces members so they could catch a free flight to Amman, Jordan, where Dalal received surgery July 23 to correct a life-threatening congenital heart defect. Special operations forces played a major role in arranging travel so Dalal and her father could make the trip to Jordan. Photo by Air Force Master Sgt. Melissa Phillips
FALLUJAH, Iraq (American Forces Press Service, Aug. 3, 2007) - Even though she's surrounded by war, Dalal is not much different from other children her age. She likes jump-rope and Cinderella and enjoys reading and drawing. Her favorite classes are religion and language, and she recently completed second grade -- earning perfect marks in all her studies. But, unlike many of her peers, the 8-year-old Iraqi girl also has fought a life-threatening battle from within since birth.

Due to the efforts of a U.S. Special Forces medic and an Army civil affairs noncommissioned officer, all of that changed recently, and Dalal was granted a new lease on life.



http://www.army.mil/-news/2007/08/03/4278-soldiers-rally-to-save-iraqi-child/

Monsoon65
08-03-2007, 17:03
Great job. I love to see stuff like this!

SF_BHT
08-03-2007, 17:15
This is what Special means in Special Forces. My Men have always amazed me when we were deployed and in true form our Special Forces keep it up. This has been a tradition from the conception through Vietnam until now.

Keep up the Good work.

Gypsy
08-03-2007, 18:37
Wonderful story!

echoes
08-04-2007, 05:05
Fantastic! Great job Soldiers! :lifter

Thank You all so much for what You do.
Holly