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From: cscnj!paul@rutgers.edu (Paul Moody)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: FAV's
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Date: 20 Mar 91 03:32:23 GMT
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From: cscnj!paul@rutgers.edu (Paul Moody)

In article <1991Mar14.035453.26969@cbnews.att.com>,  scott@graft.Berkeley.EDU (Scott Silvey) From writes:
> 
> Newsweek March 18 has an article on Special Forces Op's in Iraq.  There is
>   a picture of one of the FAV's there. 
...deleted...
> Anyway, they said that one turned over in the desert, breaking the back of
>   one of the crew.  A chopper was sent in to get them, but tragically, the
>   chopper crashed on the way back, killing all 7 on board.

Later news reports are that 2 of the crew survived. One was the female
major with 2 broken arms. The other survivior was too injured to 
participate in the welcome home ceremony for POW's.

On a related note though, there have been a number of postings claiming
that all FAV's were destroyed when the 9th LID was deactivated,
yet clearly they exist. Is there anyone who can definitively identify
these vehicles? 
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