Army private calls home from Saddam's hometown.Byline: The Register-Guard Name: Pfc. Joshua Smith Joshua Smith may refer to:
Deployed: Army, 4th Infantry infantry, body of soldiers who fight in an army on foot and are equipped with hand-carried weapons, in contradistinction originally to cavalry and other branches of an army. Division, 3rd Brigade Combat Team The brigade combat team (BCT) is the basic deployable unit of maneuver in the US Army. A brigade combat team consists of one combat arms branched maneuver brigade, and its attached support and fire units. , in Iraq Background: Raised in Central Point, moved to Eugene in 1996 Joshua Smith of Eugene joined the Army to "get the mental and physical training he thought he needed to go further in life," says his mother, Diana Jean Haertle. He also wanted college benefits to pursue a career in law enforcement, possibly criminal law. He was considering college in Phoenix, but after spending so much time in the desert, he isn't so sure. Smith deployed to Kuwait on April 4 from Fort Carson Fort Carson is a United States Army installation and a Census Designated Place located immediately south of Colorado Springs in El Paso County, Colorado, United States and just north of Pueblo, Colorado in Pueblo County Colorado. , Colo. Within days he was in Saddam Hussein's hometown home·town n. The town or city of one's birth, rearing, or main residence. Noun 1. hometown - the town (or city) where you grew up or where you have your principal residence; "he never went back to his hometown again" of Tikrit. From there, he called his mother on Thursday, his birthday. Joshua wants to be in Iraq, Haertle said, "because it is his duty to protect his family and all other Americans, so he can raise his child without the threat of terrorism." - Scott Maben |
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