If You Live In Ripley Area Celebrate This Soldier Home!
November 1, 2005
Wounded guardsman returning home today
By Holbrook MohrThe Associated Press
A Mississippi Army National Guard soldier severely injured by a roadside bomb in Iraq will return home today, Guard officials said.Spc. David Yancy, 32, of Ripley, a member of the 155th Brigade Combat Team, was wounded along with three other soldiers when a bomb ripped through their Humvee on March 19, said Lt. Col. Tim Powell, a Guard spokesman.Spc. William Brooks, who lost both his legs in the same explosion, and Maj. Gen. Harold A. Cross, the adjutant general of Mississippi, will join others to greet Yancy when he arrives at the Memphis International Airport about 12:30 p.m. from Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington.
Brooks, who still spends part of each month at Walter Reed mastering his prosthetic limbs, said he looks forward to seeing Yancy."He's a great guy," Brooks said. "He's just a good old country boy, and I'll be glad to see him back home."
Allen Yancy, the soldier's brother, has said David Yancy suffered extensive injuries — collapsed lungs, a broken leg, broken ribs, a severed artery in his arm and shrapnel wounds.Sgt. Leonard A. Casper Jr. of Myrtle and Sgt. 1st Class Wyman C. Floyd of Hattiesburg also were injured in the explosion but returned to duty in Iraq, Guard officials said.
Wounded guardsman returning home today
By Holbrook MohrThe Associated Press
A Mississippi Army National Guard soldier severely injured by a roadside bomb in Iraq will return home today, Guard officials said.Spc. David Yancy, 32, of Ripley, a member of the 155th Brigade Combat Team, was wounded along with three other soldiers when a bomb ripped through their Humvee on March 19, said Lt. Col. Tim Powell, a Guard spokesman.Spc. William Brooks, who lost both his legs in the same explosion, and Maj. Gen. Harold A. Cross, the adjutant general of Mississippi, will join others to greet Yancy when he arrives at the Memphis International Airport about 12:30 p.m. from Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington.
Brooks, who still spends part of each month at Walter Reed mastering his prosthetic limbs, said he looks forward to seeing Yancy."He's a great guy," Brooks said. "He's just a good old country boy, and I'll be glad to see him back home."
Allen Yancy, the soldier's brother, has said David Yancy suffered extensive injuries — collapsed lungs, a broken leg, broken ribs, a severed artery in his arm and shrapnel wounds.Sgt. Leonard A. Casper Jr. of Myrtle and Sgt. 1st Class Wyman C. Floyd of Hattiesburg also were injured in the explosion but returned to duty in Iraq, Guard officials said.
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