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Events on:Tuesday September 14th, 200411:38 am Cell call to Jim with information about James being wounded in chest and being in critical condition in Iraq. 12:15 pm In search of information Jim located press release online concerning incident. |
12:30 pm Elizabeth, Sue and Jim drove home from school to await further word on James' condition.3:16 pm John's NYC police dept. commander drove him to JFK to get him on flight to Seattle to be with James's family. John with recent update, calls Atlanta from plane tarmac to report that James had been shot six times and was in surgery in Baghdad. |
Wednesday September 15th, 2004
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Thursday September 16, 2004 |
Friday September 17, 2004 Departure schedule delayed because of high fever..... try again on Saturday. Information on aircraft from a pilot member of our church..."The aircraft that the USAF now uses to transport patients from the war zone to hospital is a C-17. It is equipped for both litter and ambulatory wounded and they staff it with a full compliment of nurses and at least one physician for the trip back across the Atlantic."
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Saturday September 18, 2004 James awarded Purple Heart in German hospital.
Scheduled to fly to Seattle on Monday. |
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Pictures from Iraq |
Ryan, Katie, Meredith and Jerad |
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This flag, raised when James left for Iraq, still flies proudly at full staff. |
James Wingate III |