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Billy Lee

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With the help of Iran, Iraqi insurgents started using a new type of IED that was more powerful and could pierce armor. Billy Lee was part of an MP battalion that patrolled Iraqi highways, which was dangerous because they were perfect for ambushes. (3:05)

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Billy Lee really liked the interpreter he worked with in Iraq. The man was an engineer who had done work for Saddam Hussein. He was careful to do everything right because an entire family could suffer for the mistakes of the father. (2:26)

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It was all very hush hush. Sgt Major Billy Lee and his colonel were instructed to drive to a secluded mansion on a lake. Their Iraqi interpreter had to wait outside the compound while they were ushered in amid tight security. Their new assignment was to guard a very important prisoner, Saddam Hussein. (4:58)

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It was a big mistake. MP Billy Lee says it was obvious during his Iraq deployment that disbanding all of the Iraqi military and police at the beginning of the conflict was having a terrible effect in the streets. Lawlessness was widespread. (4:51)

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He knew what had happened to veterans returning from Vietnam. Billy Lee was apprehensive about that but he was delighted when he found cheering crowds upon his return from Iraq. (2:53)

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What is best for the people there? For Billy Lee, who served in Iraq in an MP battalion and got to know the Iraqi people well, that should be the main concern in any conflict. He still remembers how proud they were to finally have a free election. (6:21)

Ben Wormington

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It was in middle school that Ben Wormington was assigned to do an interview with a veteran. So he interviewed his grandfather and found out some amazing things about his service. Later, in high school, after seeing what boot camp did to another student, he was determined to join the Marines. (5:06)

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He was just waiting for his eighteenth birthday to enlist in the Marines and it was finally here. Eleven days later, Ben Wormington was shocked to watch the events of 9/11 unfold on television. That made him very serious about boot camp. (6:09)

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Ben Wormington's MOS was 0861, Fire Support Man. First post was Fort Sill for training and then Coronado where he learned to direct Naval gunfire. After that, he listed his picks for duty but got none of them. He was going to Twentynine Palms, where they made good Marines. (4:11)

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The fire support team was a tight unit. Ben Wormington was the Scout along with an officer and a radio operator and a couple of other Marines. They knew the call was coming and when it did, they flew to Kuwait, which was like walking into an oven. There, they met a reporter who was to be embedded with them. (3:57)