1st Battalion 22nd Infantry
Operation Iraqi Freedom
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U.S. Army Spc. Barry Page of
Houston, TX., from the 1st MP Company of the 4th Infantry
Division is baptized by Army Chaplain Capt. Xuan Tran,
left. Spc. Page receives his baptism
from Chaplain Tran. Cpl. Christian Gaspard of Baton
Rouge, LA., from the 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry Regiment
of the 4th Infantry Division, right, chats with Army
Chaplain Capt. Xuan Tran after he got baptized in one of
ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's palaces, now a
U.S. Army base, in Tikrit, Iraq, Sunday Aug. 24, 2003.
War and death on his mind, Cpl. Gaspard dipped into the
waters of the Tigris River to get baptized by Chaplain
Tran on the banks of the sprawling U.S. military
headquarters. |
Article is from The Post and Courier,Charleston, South Carolina 8-25-03 http://www.charleston.net/
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