Chapter 42
For he will command his angels concerning you
To guard you in all your ways.
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Psalm 91:11
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Earth - AD March 25, 2003
Najaf, Iraq
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“I can’t see more than 25 yards in front of us in this soup,” Tank Driver Vasquez shouted into his headset. He stared with dismay at the controls between his knees, not even sure whether they were even on the road any longer. “This sandstorm has visibility down to nothing! You’ve got to be my eyes and ears, Jaworsky!”
The M1 Abrams tank was part of a 7th Cavalry Regiment headed north after securing the bridge over the Euphrates River code-named ‘Objective Floyd’ to secure a second bridge which would isolate the city of Najaf. They had come under heavy fire at the bridge after crossing it, but had prevailed. Or so they had thought. Now? No
