By Capt. Chris Sanchez
4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment
YUSUFIYAH — Soldiers of the 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (LI) receive attention for their rapid air assaults and fierce fighting. But in the village of Rushdi Mullah, Iraq, they are now also known for their tenderness toward local children.
Soldiers of Company B, 4-31st at Patrol Base Rushdi Mullah were visited by two young boys seeking medical help Dec. 25. One of the boys, Ra’ad, had been shot several weeks before when terrorists wanted to use his family’s house to attack the patrol base. When Raad’s father refused them entry, one of the terrorists shot the boy.
The Soldiers treated Ra’ad after the attack and transported him to Ibn Sina Hospital in Baghdad’s International Zone, and have been changing the dressings on his wounds regularly ever since. They changed the dressings again on Christmas, and also treated Ra’ad’s brother, Ahmed, for a skin rash affecting the boy’s scalp.
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(Raad and Ahmed, two local Iraqi children, visit with Soldiers of Company B, 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (LI) Dec. 25 at Patrol Base Rushdi Mullah, Iraq, south of Baghdad. Raad and Ahmed received medical care from the Soldiers of the company. U.S. Army photo.)
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