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Greyhawk here: How could any other blog from the front be linked today? Mrs Greyhawk's earlier post is hereby re-designated for the frontline blogger of the day. Click over and offer congrats to Michael, his wife, and the new arrival. Back to you, Mrs G.
March 31, '05, 10:30AM Michael from A Day In Iraq becomes a first time daddy.
I knew it was going to be an interesting day when I checked my email this morning before we went on a mission. In it my wife told me that our son was due any minute, and to remember what I did on March 31.Congratulations Michael!<...>
I also had the feeling that something was going to happen on our mission. I didn?t know what, just that it wouldn?t be an uneventful day.
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We were speeding down the highway, doing about 70, weaving in and out of traffic, when I again started thinking about my wife and son, wondering if he had been born yet. When we?re wide open on the highway like that, there isn?t much for me to do other than make sure cars stay a good distance away from us. I?m sitting there deep in my thoughts, with the sound of the wind in my ears, focused on nothing in particular. BOOM! Hear we go, I say to myself as Thomas slams on the brakes, forcing me back against the turret, my ears ringing from the blast...