New Ulm is little Minnesota town not too far from the South Dakota border. Its settlers were heavily German, which explains the towering "Herman the German" monument in the town (I also assume the town is named after Ulm, Germany, which I once passed through and wondered 'hey is this where New Ulm got its name?'). Powerline is noting the return of one small town Minnesota soldier, Gary Krueger (obviously a German name), who had been serving in Iraq and vows to return. The report from the New Ulm newspaper is datelined Sleepy Eye (didn't the Pa Ingalls and family once live near Sleepy Eye?), another Minnesota town just across the border. From the New Ulm newspaper:
"There were people there that never had electrical power or clean water to drink until we got there and gave it to them, " Krueger said.
Seeing Iraq rebound is what excited Krueger and propels him back for more desert duty.
Thanks to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, irrigation ditches are full of water again. More than 4.5 million Iraqis now have clean drinking water for the first time. Iraqis grow tomatoes the size of softballs. Broccoli, cauliflower and wheat is also being grown. Bedouins are able to raise many more sheep and camels than they did in prior years.
Power lines knocked down in the 1991 Gulf War are back up and wires are strung. Southern Iraqis without power for a dozen years are now buying refrigerators and air conditioners. New businesses, factories and telecommunications towers are going up.
Speaking of Minnesota soldiers, have you ever read The Last Full Measure: The Life and Death of the First Minnesota Volunteers about one of first regiments to answer Lincoln's call and to help turn the tide of the war at Gettysburg? It's a classic. Again, SDP extends its heartfelt gratitude to our soldiers for their heroism in Iraq.
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