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INCREDIBLE Diary on DailyKos with quotes from those who served with Capt. Humayun Khan
I am literally in tears right now:
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/8/2/1555757/-Khan-s-commander-in-Iraq-The-Khan-Family-is-Our-Family-His-troops-didn-t-know-he-was-Muslim
Sgt. Laci Walker
“All the soldiers loved him,” she would later say. “He was just so good, and everybody looked up to him.”
“I liked to be on guard duty when he was in charge,” “I knew it would be safer. I knew he would be the one looking out for me.”
Walker would add, “I didn’t even know he was a Muslim.”
“He would not want to be remembered as ‘that Muslim solider.’ He would want to be known as the soldier who died for his country.”
“All the soldiers loved him,” she would later say. “He was just so good, and everybody looked up to him.”
“I liked to be on guard duty when he was in charge,” “I knew it would be safer. I knew he would be the one looking out for me.”
Walker would add, “I didn’t even know he was a Muslim.”
“He would not want to be remembered as ‘that Muslim solider.’ He would want to be known as the soldier who died for his country.”
Just a sample...
