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Local man hurt in Iraq by explosion

Aug-13-2005 » Filed Under: 1/25 SBCT

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By JENNIFER SICKING, Gainesville Daily Register

An Army soldier from Cooke County was injured Monday when his vehicle hit an explosive device in Mosul, Iraq.

Staff Sgt. William "Bill" J. Shaw, with the Striker Brigade out of Fort Lewis, Wash., suffered shrapnel wounds to his left thigh and leg, his mother, Carlotta Barron said Thursday.

Shaw was transported to the 228th Combat Hospital in Mosul, Iraq, for emergency treatment. He was released from the hospital Friday and is on light duty while he recovers.

His wife, Sarah, said she received a call on her cell phone from her husband's platoon sergeant Monday about 5 p.m. Texas time.

"I knew it was something bad," she said. "They don't call you unless something happened. I was scared and worried. It terrified me."

The family received official notification of Staff Sgt. Shaw's injury on Tuesday.

"He was in a Striker (tank) going down a street in Mosul when his vehicle hit an IED (improvised explosive device)," Barron said.

Barron said it was "hard" to hear of her son's injuries and for him to be in a hospital so far away.

"This is his second tour with the Army," she said. "He's a proud soldier, but he's ready to come home. I'm ready too."

He's scheduled to return from Iraq in September to Washington and to be discharged from the Army in December. [...]


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