See more photo's Senator Thune with Charlie Battery here. Welcome home, troops!
For those that don't know, Charlie Batter is a field artillery unit of the South Dakota Army National Guard - Battery C, 1st Battalion, 147th Field Artillery and are headquartered in Yankton. While in Iraq they served under the 720th Military Police Battalion, and the 42nd and 49th Military Police Brigades, as well as elements of the 3rd and 4th Infantry Divisions and the 101st Airborne Division. Their primary mission was to act as police transition team missions with Iraqi police, conducting joint patrols, rescue and recovery missions, and convoy wrecker support missions within Baghdad and south into Kuwait.
Please take the time to remember those Charlie Battery soldiers that were killed or wounded in the line of duty:
Sgt. 1st Class Richard Schild, killed in action by an improvised explosive device in southeast Baghdad on December 4, 2005.
Staff Sgt. Daniel Cuka, killed in action by an improvised explosive device in southeast Baghdad on December 4, 2005.
Sgt. Corey Briest, wounded in action by an improvised explosive device in southeast Baghdad on December 4, 2005.
Sgt. Allen Kokesh Jr., wounded in action in southeast Baghdad on December 4, 2005 and died as a result of those wounds on February 7, 2006.
Staff Sgt. Gregory Wagner, killed in action by an improvised explosive device in Baghdad on May 8, 2006.
Spc. Brian Knigge, wounded in action by an improvised explosive device in Baghdad on May 8, 2006.
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