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War's equivalent of 9-1-1 turns boredom into a rush  view story
Saturday, November 13, 2004
HELEN JUNG - - Oregonian
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Soldiers from the Oregon Army National Guard's Delta Company had just returned from lunch. Several were in their rooms, cleaning up and writing letters while others watched the film comedy "Sorority Boys" in the lounge.
Then a code word, in a calm and steady voice, came over their radios.
The leisurely pace of the day vanished instantly as the 17 soldiers of the 3rd Platoon raced into action. They flew out of their rooms, the lounge, even the latrine to their Humvees parked outside the living quarters they fondly call Hell.
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