U.S. Army Spc. Casey Carroll from Raceland, La., returned to Baghdad to complete his mission with his unit. Carroll was sent home in March after losing a finger and sustaining shrapnel wounds in his hip and foot. He returned to Baghdad one month later. He is an infantryman with C Company, 2nd Battalion, 156th Infantry Regiment, 256th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division. (Info from DoD)U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jason Garcia
“I always planned on coming back, but I didn't tell anyone my intentions at first,” Casey Carroll said. He said coming back to Iraq and fighting this war with his unit was not optional. He said he had a duty to do for his country and he had a responsibility to this unit. He said he owed it to his children. He came back to Iraq so they would never have to.
“If we don't fix these problems now, my kids, and your kids, will have to come back here and do it for us. I don't want to have to worry about that or people coming into their world and messing it up,” he said.
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