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PATCHES SR. Chaplain User is Offline Joined: 24 Oct 2006 Posts: 12997 Karma: 16 applaud / smite Location: Randolph, County N.C. 9216 points 0 warnings 0 tempbans	Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 5:53 pm    Post subject: Haw River soldier killed in attack · Quote ASSOCIATED PRESS ARTICLE LOCAL NEWSPAPER AUTHOR UNKNOWN HAW RIVER (AP) - A North Carolina paratrooper was one of nine soldiers killed when militants used machine guns and rocket propelled grenades to attack a remote outpost in eastern Afghanistan, the military said Wednesday.   Cpl. Pruitt A Rainey, 22, of Haw River was killed Sunday when Taliban militants attacked his base in Wanat, Afghanistan in three years.   NATO said several hundred fighters used buildings in the village of Wanat for cover as they attacked the base early Sunday morning. An unknown number of militants got inside the outpost before U.S. defenders beat them back using helicopter gunships.   Rainey was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne), 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team based in Vicenza, Italy.   Friends said Rainey was a "gentle giant" who excelled as a wrestler at Graham High School and planned to go back to school after serving in the Army. They said he hoped to become a teacher.   "He was a very dynamic person," Jeff Terrell told the News & Record of Greensboro. "Everybody loved him." _________________ Staff Moderator Company XO   M.S.T. Charlie CO. SR. Forum Chaplain I used to ask God if He would come and help me. Then I asked if I could come and help Him. Finally I ended by asking God to do His own work through me.
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