Skip Navigation
Give Now NCPR relies on
Your Donations
r e g i o n a l   n e w s

Regional Headlines:

Story Begins

Iraq Diary, pt 9: NY Guard Faces Roadside Attacks

Stream audio (broadband). Launch in player | Download audio (dial-up). Right-click to save target as. Download audio (5:10)
On the road near Baghdad
On the road near Baghdad
(06/14/04) For National Guard soldiers stationed in Iraq, the most dangerous assignment can be driving the country's roads. Car bombs, ambushes, and improvised explosive devices--also known as IEDs--have made life risky for even the most well-armored vehicles. Army Major Chaplain Eric Olsen from Saranac Lake rides along on a supply convoy between two bases near Baghdad.
(0) Comments |
Story Ends


Adirondack News Fund Founding Supporters: Paul Smith's College, The College of the Adirondacks · Wildlife Conservation Society · Adirondack Medical Center Foundation · Adirondack Museum · Niagara Mohawk Foundation · Schumann Foundation · John A. Sellon Charitable Trust · several anonymous individual donors