Sniper Fire in Baghdad

August 15, 2024 01:09:45
Sniper Fire in Baghdad
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Sniper Fire in Baghdad

Aug 15 2024 | 01:09:45

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Show Notes

In the fall of 2006, Rory McGovern was a company fire support officer assigned to a combined arms team operating in the area around Abu Ghraib, Iraq. The day after Christmas, he was on a security patrol in support of a local sheikh’s Hajj send-off party when a shot rang out. McGovern had been hit. He shares the story of that encounter with the sniper and subsequent recovery in this episode.

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