ENDGAME IRAQ | Traveling with Kevlar, into darkness 2.27.09
BAGHDAD Our wits were softened by three days of snatching sleep between rolls called on a two-hourly basis. Our names never seemed to rise high enough on the list to catch a flight.
U.S. infantry troops disembark from a C-17 military freight aircraft in Baghdad’s international airport. After leaving the aircraft to travel in an armored bus, soldiers were warned about the danger of flying glass shards caused by an IED.
BAGHDAD Our wits were softened by three days of snatching sleep between rolls called on a two-hourly basis. Our names never seemed to rise high enough on the list to catch a flight.