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>PS -- Robert's brother, Army Reserve Master Sgt. Jack >Dowdy, is currently in Iraq. Please say a prayer that >he will return soon and safely, to the States. > >><a rel=nofollow target=_blank >>href="http://www.fallenheroesmemorial.com/oif/profiles >/ >>dowdyrobertj.html">1St Sgt. Robert J Dowdy</a> (click >>on Robert's name for more info) is the 'Number 2' son >>of our efriend and fellow HOF, Irene Dowdy (owned by >>Laddie Cuddles). Robert's unit, the 507th, was left >>behind to work on equipment that had suffered >>breakdowns due to sand, when 'Operation Iraqi Freedom' >>was underway, on the 'March' to Baghdad. The unit was >>not supported by any combat ground or air troops, and >>was also not kept current by radio contact on changes >>to the designated route to Baghdad. As a result, when >>the vehicles were again mobile, the unit was on a >>course that had been changed. They wound up in an >>unprotected area, and were ambushed by Iraqi insurgent >>forces. Robert was killed when the driver of the >>humvee in which he was 'riding shotgun' lost control >>while trying to outrun the ambush, and the vehicle >>crashed. Of the unit members that survived the >>ambush, several were taken captive, but eventually >>released by their Iraqi captors. One, Jessica Lynch, >>who was also riding in the humvee that Robert was in, >>was rescued by US forces from an Iraqi hospital in a >>'made for TV' movie style 'operation' videotaped by >>military cameramen. If the military had taken the >>appropriate precautions, Robert's unit would not have >>been left undefended, while working on equipment. But >>Donald Rumsfeld, Tommy Franks, and George Bush seemed >>to think the object of Operation Iraqi Freedom was to >>set some sort of speed record, moving from Kuwait to >>Baghdad. Absurd -- and it cost Robert and 8 others >>their lives, causing horrific grief to Robert's >>family, particularly his mother, Irene, and father, >>Jack. >> >>>I've been wondering, and does anyone know who he is? >>>Does he belong to any of you?
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