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Borodino resident is on the
front lines in Iraq
Andy Chave is in the 101st Airborne Division of the U.S. Army, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry out of Fort Campbell, KY.
He joined the reserves when he was a junior in high school, and worked out of Oswego (combat engineers). Went Army full time right after 9/11.
He is infuriatingly non-communicative - I usually only hear from him
when he needs a ride home from the airport, so I haven't heard from him since
January 2nd. But I follow the news of his battalion, and they're now around Najaf.
 The sign?
Guess I'm just not much of a yellow ribbon-type person, but I wanted to do something to show my support of my son and all the guys that are there following orders. So I spent a few hours on my birthday painting it and hanging it - made me feel better.
I should add that "No Slack" is the motto of the 2nd battalion, 327th Infantry, and not a direct order from a mother!
Kathy Chave
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Editor's note: Thank you to Kathy Chave for
sending this to us. She also forwarded the following article.
Photo
by Chris Fesko.
Mission: Take the city, preserve the mosque
Date: Tuesday, April 01, 2003
Source: St. Petersburg Times
By WES ALLISON, Times Staff Writer
© St. Petersburg Times, published April 1, 2003
NAJAF, Iraq -- The order was simply stated, but not
necessarily simple to follow: Destroy enemy bunkers, weapons
and personnel to hasten the fall of this ancient holy city.
And do not touch the mosque.
Continued, page 2.
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