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The General Lee will rise again!
Ann Roosevelt, Defense DailyBy sea and by land, one of the Armys war-battered Stryker vehicles known to its unit as the General Lee is coming home to Anniston Army Depot, Ala., where it was built, to be repaired and sent on to a unit in ready-to-fight condition. . . . Time after time in Iraq, General Lee saved soldiers from improvised explosive devices, but an explosion in April left it unrepairable in Iraq and declared a battle loss. General Lee is known far and wide from writer Michael Yons dispatch titled Superman, which recounts some Army unit activities in Iraq that left soldiers virtually unscathed while riding in General Lee. . . . ATGM-0086 was sent Jan. 19, 2005 to the 172nd Infantry Brigade, A company, 52nd Infantry based at Ft. Lewis, Wash. The vehicle was reassigned Sept. 6, 2005, to the 3rd Brigade 2nd Infantry Division, C Company 52 infantry Iraq, where the platoon renamed their Stryker the General Lee. After bringing its soldiers through several roadside bombs and local repairs, on April 15 General Lee was hit hard by such a bomb and technically determined a battle losslike totaling a caron April 16. . . . Once unloaded in Charleston, General Lee will be taken on the long, about 600 mile journey to Anniston Army Depot for a more in-depth final technical assessment. Once that is done, reset work can begin. . . . Posted by: Mike 2007-09-26 |
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