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Hard-hit Reserve unit prepares to deploy
The Associated Press
Posted : Friday May 30, 2008 6:56:09 EDT
Posted : Friday May 30, 2008 6:56:09 EDT
CLEVELAND — A Marine reserve battalion that suffered heavy losses in Iraq in 2005 is sending out members for training before expected assignment in Iraq.
The 3rd Battalion, 25th Regiment, Fourth Marine Division, based in the Cleveland suburb Brook Park, is providing reinforcements and joining another regiment at the Marine base in Twentynine Palms, Calif., for about three months of training.
In August 2005, 14 members of the 3/25 Marines died in attacks a day apart, including nine members of Columbus-based Lima company killed by a roadside bomb. The battalion lost 48 members in seven months.
Lt. Col. Minter Ralston at the battalion headquarters said Wednesday that 40 members of the battalion were sent Tuesday.
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