To: RMF who wrote (736990 ) 9/4/2013 7:03:55 AM From: Brumar89 Read Replies (1) | Respond to I don't remember him saying that. But maybe you're remembering this:... His battalion was responsible for securing three strategic intersections so the 1-64 Armor would not be cut off from U.S. supply lines as they made their "Thunder Run" into Baghdad. Two men from his battalion were killed and 18 wounded in the heavy fighting. But once his unit arrived to central Baghdad, the fighting had basically stopped. He described the experience that followed as “amazing.” "When I was on my first patrols into Baghdad, I was actually getting flowers from people," he said. "Bouquets of flowers from women and they were happy and they were cheering that we were there." After Baghdad fell, Shumate and his unit were based at one of Saddam’s palaces. The soldiers were told in Kuwait that once they reached Baghdad they’d be heading home, but once in the Iraqi capital that direction changed. They were to stay and help secure Baghdad. Although looting was rampant and the country was far from secure, at the time there were few attacks on Americans. But a few weeks later the situation changed dramatically. globalpost.com I believe that if Mississippi were given TOTAL independence from the United States we'd be seeing the hanging of Gays and Blacks there within 6 months. Abortion doctors would probably be first.. In the 1920s, when the Ku Klux Klan had more than two million members nationwide and was at the peak of its power and influence, Chicago had the largest membership (50,000) of any metropolitan region in the United States. encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org
