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Part VI: An ambush produces a hero
It all looked as if a video game had come to life. Through his night-vision goggles, Staff Sgt. Chad Malmberg saw the insurgents scurrying from berms to canals. Some popped up, ran a few yards, then fell to the Americans’ gunfire. But others kept advancing toward his...

Part V: Joy over survival, tears at extension
Christmas Day arrived — and for two 1st Brigade Combat Team soldiers, there was a gift like no other: their very survival.
Posted Wednesday Aug 13, 2008 18:59:50 EDT
Part IV: For 2 soldiers, families, lives change
In that dreadful December, every day brought bloodshed, every week hundreds of attacks on Americans and Iraqis.
Posted Saturday Aug 9, 2008 17:45:57 EDT
Part III: A funeral and a birth
The Ferris wheel at the Minnesota State Fair offered a bird’s-eye view of an end-of-summer, middle American ritual. From the top, you could see the places where 4-H kids showed off their prized...
Posted Saturday Aug 9, 2008 17:45:25 EDT
Part II: Welcome to Iraq, and long separation
The phone call surprised Katie Kriesel, so soon after her husband, John, shipped out.
Posted Saturday Aug 9, 2008 17:44:55 EDT
Troops, families recall 22-month Iraq tour
ST. PAUL, Minn. — In the end, Chad Malmberg put his framed Silver Star on the wall and stowed away his helmet, some old uniforms and the dusty combat boots he wore in the Iraqi desert.
Posted Saturday Aug 9, 2008 17:44:31 EDT

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