I want to thank everyone here who responded to my request concerning Sgt. Hank Harvey and also to the moderators who allowed me to make the request. Hank is doing just fine and your letters really helped. He said he will try to respond to each one of you personnally. He is now and will be for some time really angry with our "media" for their stoking the fires of the jihadis against his fellow soldiers. A bunch of us took him out on Friday for a "Welcome Home and a Job Well Done" celebration and he had a great time and got absolutely wasted. He earned it. He doesn't think he did anything special and was a bit self-concious about the attention we paid him. He was in command of three gun trucks for convoy security and with all the rules about when to fire and the consequences of making a mistake in the heat of a firefight it was a very stressful tour. He told me of more than one occasion when a group of children would gather to wave at them and suddenly some terrorists who would be among the children would open fire. He said he was impressed with the progress the Iraqi armed services was making in taking over their own defence and security and they seemed to be very effective in finding these nutjobs both before and after their attacks. He said he knows a lot of attacks were prevented by the Iraqis themselves but didn't probe into the methods of how they got their information. Raj, He said he's really considering the clambake.
Again, thank you all for your support. Hank is really a fine man.
Sincerely, Deacon Blues. |