Raven 42 – Ambushed in Iraq

Filed under:War on Terror — posted by 3wire on 5/5/2005 @ 6:40 pm

This happened back in March but it didn’t get nearly enough exposure considering the remarkable job these National Guard soldiers did.

Short Version:
National Guard soldiers from the Richmond, Ky.-based 617th Military Police Company get ambushed. Remember theses are weekend warriors (obviously well trained and highly motivated).

Seven Americans (with three wounded) killed in total 24 heavily armed enemy, wounded 6 (two later died), and captured one unwounded, who feigned injury to escape the fight. They seized 22 AK-47s, 6x RPG launchers w/ 16 rockets, 13x RPK machineguns, 3x PKM machineguns, 40 hand grenades, 123 fully loaded 30-rd AK magazines, 52 empty mags, and 10 belts of 2500 rds of PK ammo.

Of the 7 members of Raven 42 who walked away, two are Caucasian Women, the rest men-one is Mexican-American, the medic is African-American, and the other two are Caucasian-the great American melting pot.

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