How sad that most newspapers and TV netorks don't make more of a concerted effort to feature stories like this one.

A co-worker of mine has a nephew who has been stationed in Iraq and has been told that stories such as this one are not at all uncommon. We just don't hear about them. God bless these guys for their courage and conviction.

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Air Force Chief Master Sgt. John Gebhardt, of the 332nd Expeditionary Medical Group at Balad, Iraq, cradles a young girl as they both sleep in a hospital. The girl’s entire family was executed by insurgents; the killers shot her in the head as well. The girl received treatment at the U.S. military hospital in Balad, but cries and moans often. According to nurses at the facility, Gebhardt is the only one who can calm down the girl, so he has spent the last several nights holding her while they both sleep in a chair.