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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/profile >s >>/ >>>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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