11.24.2004
They Call Them "Charlie's Angels"
They Call Them "Charlie's Angels"
from National Guard
Sgt. Angela Magnuson, Sgt. Kristen Pagel,
and Sgt. Jessica Fisher
Angel 1: Sgt. Jessica Fisher
Fisher grew up in Jamestown, N.D. She lives in Fargo, where she is studying to be a dental hygienist...
Within days of arriving in Iraq, this 26-year-old had already spent a very dark and scary night in March near Samarra, Iraq, trying desperately to save the life of an unknown soldier who was crushed when a Humvee rolled over. That soldier without a name would literally die in Fisher's arms. He wore a wedding ring on his left hand. That he was married is all that Fisher would ever know about him. After the incident was over, the combat patrol returned to their base camp so Fisher could change into a clean uniform before going right back out on an IED patrol again.
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Angel 2: Sgt. Angela Magnuson
Angela Magnuson grew up in Fingal, N.D. She lives in Aberdeen, S.D., where she is studying to be a laboratory technician. This 28-year-old single mother has aspirations of becoming a pharmacist or chiropractor "after I grow up."
The most difficult part of serving in Iraq was leaving her 6-year-old daughter, Abigail. "I can't hold her. I can't kiss her goodnight. I am missing out on her whole first year of school," she said.
Still, Magnuson has no regrets. "We're doing a good job here. It is nerve-racking. We are doing a good thing here for the people and other Soldiers ¡ª keeping the roads safe. This makes me feel like I am an active part of history."
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Angel 3: Sgt. Kristen Pagel
Kristen Pagel lives in Fargo with her husband, Dave, stepson Ryan, and her 82-year-old grandmother, who is a veteran of World War II. Pagel's grandmother served as a nurse who, among other duties, helped treat and clean up the concentration camps at the end of the war. She writes to Pagel twice a week because, as Pagel says, "She understands how important mail call is."
Pagel serves as the senior medic for C Company.
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from National Guard
Sgt. Angela Magnuson, Sgt. Kristen Pagel,
and Sgt. Jessica Fisher
Angel 1: Sgt. Jessica Fisher
Fisher grew up in Jamestown, N.D. She lives in Fargo, where she is studying to be a dental hygienist...
Within days of arriving in Iraq, this 26-year-old had already spent a very dark and scary night in March near Samarra, Iraq, trying desperately to save the life of an unknown soldier who was crushed when a Humvee rolled over. That soldier without a name would literally die in Fisher's arms. He wore a wedding ring on his left hand. That he was married is all that Fisher would ever know about him. After the incident was over, the combat patrol returned to their base camp so Fisher could change into a clean uniform before going right back out on an IED patrol again.
Read the rest here
Angel 2: Sgt. Angela Magnuson
Angela Magnuson grew up in Fingal, N.D. She lives in Aberdeen, S.D., where she is studying to be a laboratory technician. This 28-year-old single mother has aspirations of becoming a pharmacist or chiropractor "after I grow up."
The most difficult part of serving in Iraq was leaving her 6-year-old daughter, Abigail. "I can't hold her. I can't kiss her goodnight. I am missing out on her whole first year of school," she said.
Still, Magnuson has no regrets. "We're doing a good job here. It is nerve-racking. We are doing a good thing here for the people and other Soldiers ¡ª keeping the roads safe. This makes me feel like I am an active part of history."
Read the rest here
Angel 3: Sgt. Kristen Pagel
Kristen Pagel lives in Fargo with her husband, Dave, stepson Ryan, and her 82-year-old grandmother, who is a veteran of World War II. Pagel's grandmother served as a nurse who, among other duties, helped treat and clean up the concentration camps at the end of the war. She writes to Pagel twice a week because, as Pagel says, "She understands how important mail call is."
Pagel serves as the senior medic for C Company.
Read the rest here
# posted by Frank_D @ 14:38 
