Found a pic of the bridge I was at in Desert Storm

[Mortis]

Just found this picture. During Desert Storm I was originally on the southern end of this bridge with the 101st Airborne, and moved north after a few days to be part of the "Stopping Wall".

We tried to blow that bridge up six ways from Sunday...

 

[tele_mark]

Thank you for your service Mortis.

 

[Mortis]

I was where I wanted and needed to be.

Thank YOU for your support!

 

[Pilgrim]

We tried to blow that bridge up six ways from Sunday...

It wouldn't fall down? Tell us more please........and thanks !

 

[Mortis]

It wouldn't fall down? Tell us more please........and thanks !

Nope, it never fell down.

First we fired Arty. No joy there.

Then the Engineers slapped 500 lbs onto it, still nothing.

Then a pair of A-10s circled it for about 20 minutes blasting the snot out of it. I was about a mile from it and was really enjoying the show.

The bridge never "fell" but we knocked the side down enough so you couldn't drive across it, which was really the reason we were trying to knock it down....

So once we had it so you couldn't get across, yours truely and some other lucky souls were put on that side of the bridge and when Joe Iraqi stopped his vehicle, whatever it was, a stolen Jag, a Beemer, a truck, a dump truck, whatever, and walked up to the edge of the bridge and peered over the side to see what was up.

Then we popped him.

 

[Lynne]

Then we popped him.

Ya gotta love it. And thanks hun.

 

[Mortis]

Ya gotta love it. And thanks hun.

I didn't know how else to put it in.... you never know if a kid or a spouse is reading it, wanted to keep it low-key....

And thank YOU for caring. If not for people like YOU I wouldn't have cared to go over.

 

[JonJ]

Neat story. Thanks and not just for the story

 

[MrsWildweasel]

Thanks for your service and the story.

 

[Wingwiper]

We tried to blow that bridge up six ways from Sunday...

Should have sent the Marines

 

[MrsWildweasel]

Should have sent the Marines

That or some Combat Engineers.

 

[Wingwiper]

That or some Combat Engineers.

No! when it positively HAS to be destroyed overnight, send in the Marines,,,,,,

 

[MARINE96]

destroyed in 30 minutes or the next one is free.

 

[TonyD]

destroyed in 30 minutes or the next one is free.

Now with online ordering!

 

[Lynne]

 

[MrsWildweasel]

No! when it positively HAS to be destroyed overnight, send in the Marines,,,,,,

Oh come on the engineers like blowing things up. It's why our son became one. That and what do they do best build the bridges and BLOW them up.

 

[Coyote33]

In the news:
Green Zone blast kills 2 lawmakers; bridge also hit

 

[Ba19]

Mortis .... what unit were you with.


I was in the 3rd 187th.
Bruce

 

[Mortis]

Mortis .... what unit were you with.


I was in the 3rd 187th.
Bruce

Dude, we shared mud and blood!!!

I was 2/187th in Desert Storm.

You can see my pic at BN HQ still, I was the '92 BN Soldier of the Year.