'Stand Behind Us'

Army 2nd Lt. R. Brian Gienau
Jan. 20, 2005

Hey all,
They messed up on the address, nothing new.  Things change by the minute here.  The only change is to take the name New York out of the address. If you sent something already it may just delay it a bit.For me, life is busy.

Long days but I enjoy it.   We are gearing up our vehicles right now getting them repaired and ready to role.  Tommorrow we start up our training to take over the detention center.  If everything works right I'll be in charge of it for about six weeks then hand it over to someone else while we get ready to move north.   Up north we will be going out hunting for IEDs and destroying them.  Don't worry, I'll be safe.   Its better to be the hunter around here.

Take care
Brian

Gienau, 29, of Tripoli, Iowa, died Feb. 27, 2005, when his vehicle hit a bomb between Karbala and Ramadi.

Army Pfc. Nils G. Thompson
May 5, 2005 (e-mail to friend)

dear jeff im fine the phone just cut off for a moment. since we were at the end of our conversation so i went to see the letter u sent me . so i guess i will call u maybe tomorow or the next day but im fine. i was thinking about saying a motar landed on the phone station but i thought that would be mean. good by jeff.
Nils