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ividualauthorsanddonotnecessarilyreflect
officialpositionofHampden-SydneyCollege.
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[MPDEN-SYDNEYCOLLEGE
Hampden-Sydney men in Iraq
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World War II, 60 years after 6
nry H. McVeyIII '57, Chairmanofthe
BoardofTrustees,c/opo.Box 128 A major symposium honors veterans
IterM. BortzIII, President
Why
|434|223-6110,wbortz@hscedu,PO Box 128 it hurts to fill your tank, and -what to do about it... 8
W. Fleck, Provost&DeanoftheFaculty
(434]223-6)12,efleck@hscedu,PO Box665 Two alumni on different sides of the prickly issue ofgas prices
ilS. Baker, Vice-PresidentforCollege
Relations&Administration Casting across the Pond 10
|434|223-6116,[email protected],P.O.Box 128
BeelerBrush, Vice-Presidentfor An alumnus competes in the World Fly-Fishing Championships
LnstitutionalAdvancement
An
|434|223-6137,bbrushehscedu,PO,Box637 original arrangement 12
hVaicred-PPr.eEspidpeenrtsfoonrDIIev'e79l,oApsmseinstta&nt A quarter centuiy of the Music Festival
AlumniRelations On
[phone],repperson@hscedu,PO Box86 the Hill 14
itaH. Garland, DeanofAdmissions News from around the campus
(4341223-6120,[email protected],PC Box667
/idA. Klein '78, DeanofStudents
|434)223-6128,dklein@hscedu,PO Box5 Sports 19
Norman Krueger, Vice-Presidentfor
BusinessAffairs&Treasurer Alumni Activities 22
|434)223-6216,nkrue9er@hscedu,PO Box 127
masH. Shomo'69, Directorof Class Notes 24
'ublicRelations
434|223-6263,lshomo@hscedu,PO Box857 Profiles:
JM-DISCRIMINATIONPOLICY;Hampden- Clarence hlolland '52, family doctor
l^lieyCollege,whileexemptedfromSubpartCof
*"itleIXregulationwithrespecttoitsadmissions Dennis Dills '63, bon/cer
ecruitmentactivities,doesnotdiscriminateon Creighton Fiite '93, forensic psychologist
|)asisofrace,color,sex.religion,age,national
n,handicap,sexualpreference,orveteranstatus
eoperationofitseducationprogramsandwith Fighting with his back to the bed 48
;cttoemployment.Forinformationonthisnon-
iminationpolicy,contacttheOfficeofHuman laid low by tuberculosis, an alumnus helped his fellow patients
urces,Box 127,Hampden-SydneyCollege,
ipden-Sydney,VA23943,[phone].
THEFRONTCOVER:MarineCorpsIst
'.tenantFrankDillbeck '97preparingto
rtheembattledcityofFallujahwithhis
tU.S.-Iraqiunit.
Good men and good citizens fighting the war in Iraq
Over
there
JOHN DUDLEY '95
MORETHAN
150,000 U.S. soldiersare fightingin "trainingthepolice forceandthe Iraqi National
Iraq, hopingtostabiHzethatcountryasitsnewlead- Guard"aswellasmaintainingthetown'sschoolsand
ersworktoward transformingthegovernmentthere hospital. "Itwaslike The WizjirdofOzand I was the
from adictatorship intoademocracy. Amongthose man behind thecurtain," he recalls.
thousandsofsoldiersaresome menwhosetraining In Fallujah, theywerehunkereddown near the
beganwell before bootcamp; theirlessons began at northeastcornerof thecity"exchangingfirewith
Hampdcn-Svdney. snipers." Buttheirdutiessuddenlygotmuch more
seriousas thecoalition forcesworkedoutacease-fire
Fi-ankDillbeck '9/ with —
OliverNorthinIraq. FEBRUARY2004 thousandsofcoalition and Iraqi with theinsurgents in thecity. Dillbeck's unitoffour
forcessurrounded thecityofFallujah to forcethe Humveesand fourlightarmoredvehicleswasselected
remaininginsurgent fighters from thearea. Twenty- toescortacoalition general to theofficeof Fallujah's
nineyearold K4arineCorps 1st mayor. "Theydecided that ifwe
LieutenantFrank Dillbeck'97 could make itthereand back
(seecoverphoto)was therewith "There is without losinganyoneorgetting
hiseight-man combinedanti- firedon, theywouldcontinue the
nofeeling that
armorteam. Almostayearearlier cease-fire. Thankfully,wewere
Dillbeck's unit, the3rd Battalion compares with successful. Originallywewere
4th Marines (the"Thundering goingtogowithanentiretank
cominghome
Third"), rolledacrossthe Ku- column;when I toldmymen it
wait-Iraqborderandcontinued with all would bejustus, theywerealittle
virtually nonstop to thecapital. worried."
"Myplatoon led the regimentinto ofyour men." The missionwasasuccess.
Iraq.Weattacked through Bazra, The unit returnedsafelyandthe
FRANK DILLBECK '97
endingin downtown Baghdad," cease-firecontinued. Dillbeck
MarineCorps 1stLieutenantinIraq
recalls Dillbeckofthoseeariy sayswithouta momentofhesita-
days. tion thathisgreatestachievement
Heand his menwere responsible forasection of in Iraqwas "bringingeveryoneback." Hecontinues,
Baghdad that included the Palestine Hotel (home to "There is no feelingthatcompareswithcominghome
mostofthemediain Baghdad) andthe International with all ofyourmen, and I had nothingtodowith it.
RedCross. "Youwereconstantlyonyourtoes,"says It'sall becauseoftheirtraining ... and luck."
Dillbeckofthetwoweeks filledwith lootingand
bankrobberiesbeforetheArmycameto relievethem. SOMEUNITS, though, were not so lucky. Inwar,
His Marineunit returned to thestates in late May, soldiersarekilled, andeven moreare injured. When
aftertwo monthsofconstantcombatoperations. soldiersarewoundedon the front lines, pilots like
"It'skind oflikeavividdream, butonewhereyou MajorJohn Field'92ofMarine Medium Helicopter
can rememberonlysnapshots,"says Dillbeckofhis Squadron268 (the"Red Dragons") flyintohostile
recollections. "Afterwards, I would besittingaround territoryaboardaCH-46Sea Knighthelicopter,with
with mymen and theywould sav things like, 'Do itsdistinctivetwin rotors, to takethem tosafety. He
you remember that RPC [rocket-propelledgrenade] wascommissioned a 2iid Lieutenantat C'ommence-
thatwent rightoveryourheadand hit thebackof ment, attended HightschoolandAmphibiousWarfare
thatvehicle?' No, I don't! Youwouldbeso focused on School, andserved twoyearsasa flight instructor
somethingthatoutsideactionswouldn'teven elicita beforebeingdeployed toOperation Iraqi Freedom
response." from .August 2004 to March 2()0S, workingas
Beforethea.s.saulton Fallujah, Dillbeckand his directorofSafetyand Standards forhis unit. "This
men hadbeenworkingin thetown ot Barwana isakind ofwatchdogdepartment that keepstabson
THETigCORDOHHAMl'DHNSYIMhyCOilFGIi•NOVEMBER2005
"
thedav-to-davoperationsot the unit andensures and flee."All of Howard's mensurvived, but he took
thatwearecondtictingtheseoperationsassak-lvand actions to prevent anyemotional scarring. "Overthe
—
efficientlyas possible notalwaysan easy thingtodo nextweek1 madesure thatall fiveofuswereregularly
whenyouaregettingshotat." on missions thattook uspast thespotwherewehad
Fieldflewwoundedmembersof the 1st Marine been hit to keep the men fromdevelopingphobiasand
Expeditionary Forcefrom the battlefield to the near- feelingsorryforthemselves," headds.
est hospital. Hesays, "Asa unit,we flewover.^,000 Howard hadvolunteered togo to Iraq seven times
combat hoursandsaved 1,817 hves." beforebutwasdenied becausehis jobsstatesidewere
Oneottheoffensives from which Field flew "toocritical." But hesaysthingschanged. "When I
soldierswas thesecondattackon thecityofFallujah learned inApril 2004 that Lt. Gen. DavidPetraeus
in Novemberand December2004,whereArmy wasgoingto command theeffort to buildthenew
MajorC. PatrickHoward '88wasworkingasthe IraqiArmy, I lethim knowthat I wasavailableand he
DeputyBrigadeAdvisorto the 1st Iraqi Intervention got me to Iraq bySeptember2004. Asasoldier, any
Force Brigade, a2,000-man unit in the new Iraqi job in awarzone isbetterthan anyjob backhome."
Army. Heworkedalongside Iraqi Deputy Brigade
CommanderColonel Razaqand hisstaffplanning UNLIKEWARS PAST,woundedsoldiersare not
operations. "Istayednext tohimincombattosteady likelytodie fromtheirbattlefieldwounds.Astudy
him, toprovideadviceon howbesttomaneuverhis byBoston's Brigham andWomen's Hospitalsaysonly
MajorJohnField '92of
unit, and toprotecthim,"says MajorHoward. one in ten soldiers injured in Iraqhavedied.This isa MarineMediumHelicopter
AmongHoward's mostvivid memories is the dramatic reduction fromWorld War II where nearly Squadron268(the "Red
afternoon histwo-Humveeconvoywasambushed in one in threewoundedtroopsdiedandone in four Dragons")fliesintohostile
Mosul. Theyhadjust lefta U.S. basewhen, hesays duringthewarinVietnam. While improvedpersonal territoryaboardCH-46
.thingsgot nasty: "Mydriver instinctivelyveeredaway armorandadvanced battlefield medicinehavecontrib- SeaKnighthelicopters
likethisonetoevacuate
fromacarparkedon theleftshoulderofthe road, utedto thissurvivalrate, anotherlargefactoris the woundedsoldiers.
whichexploded inabigHollywood fireballbehind speedwithwhichwoundedsoldiersaremovedfrom
usaswepassedandpeopleon theoppositesideof thefrontlinestoestablished medical facilities. Within
thestreetopened up on uswith small-arms fire. Had hoursofa firefightin Fallujah,soldiersarriveat Land-
webeencloserandhad thecar bomb detonatedon stuhl Regional Medical Center, theArmyhospital
time, thethreeofusin myHumveewould havebeen inwestern Germanywhere for nine months Navy
cooked, and the trail Humveewould havebeen hit CaptainGeorgeSakakini '73 servedastheheadof
hardwith machinegun fireas itattempted to turn the DeployedWarriorMedical ManagementCenter;
ArmyMajorC. Patrick
Hoivard '88(center)and
hiscommand, the "oldest
fireteaminIraq.
THE'KECORDOFHAMPDEN-SYDNEYCOLLEGE•NOVEMBER2005
essentiallyhewas thehospital'smedicaldirector. Theshortperiodoftimebetween beingon the
Sakakinienteredamilitarytrackin highschool, battlefieldandgettingtothehospital in Germany
when hewasacadetatForkUnion MilitaryAcad- gaveSakakini areal senseofbeingon the frontlines
emy. HeenrolledatWest Pointbut transferredto ofthewar. Hesays, "1 was in contactwith the units
Hampden-Sydneywhen helearned that hewould downrangeall the time. Fielddoctorsorcommanders
probablybesentstraighttoVietnam ratherthan werecallingand I wascallingthem. Theywouldask
beallowedtogo to medicalschool. Hesays, "My aboutapatient'scondition orifhewouldbereturning
role model growingupwas mycousin. Hehadgone to hisunit. It made meteel like 1 wasverycloseto the
toVMI and then on tomedicalschool; I guess I action."
patterned mvlifeafterhis.'Aher Captain Sakakini teturned
graduatingmagnacum laude. he stateside in February2005, but
went to EasternVirginia Medical Yes, Iwas recognized learned thisfall thathewouldbe
Schoolandthen joined theNavy. my returningtoactionata medi-
for actions,
Heservedafewyearsand then cal centerin Kuwait. Hisorders
entered privatepractice, but itdid but 'bravery'is a are forasix-month deploy-
not last. "1 missed theNavy." he ment, butheknows itcould be
matter ofopinion
CorporalAtigiiiMcClellaii explains. "I neverliked the businea longer. "1 havea motto that isa
'04withacomradeatAbu ofpracticingmedicine. It'salittle in this case. var—iationoftheMarines' 'Semper
GhraibpriioninIraq. bitpurer in the militaty.And 1 like Fi' 'SemperGumby': alwaysbe
thechance toservemycountry Allthat myfriends flexible."
again."
In Germany, Sakakini was andIdo is ajob." TWO OFTHEYOUNGEST
responsibleforeveryaspectofthe ANGUSMcCLELb^N '04 Hampden-Sydneymenserv-
soldiers' stay: theirmedicalcare, VirginiaNationalGuardsmaninIraq ingin IraqareCorporalAngus
their food, theirhousing, etc. "For McClellan '04 andStaffSergeant
example, about20 to30 percent BaxterStegall 04 oftheVirginia
ofourpatientswerein-patientstatusandabout70 National Guard's 2nd Battahoii 111th FieldArtillery.
percentwereout-patients living20 milesdown the McClellansigned up with the National Guard toearn
road." moneytopayforhis Hampden-Sydneyeducation,
StaffSergeantBaxterStegall "Thewholeexperiencewasamazing." Hesays, buthis unitwascalledtoactivedutyanddeployed to
'04withIraqichildren. "I won'tbeableto top beingaNavyphysicianwork- Iraqbeforehegraduated. Stegallwasabletogradu-
inginanArmyhospital. Thestatttherearesome atebeforehewasdeployed.Thetwowete triendsat
oftheunsungheroesservingourcountry. And the Hampden-Sydneyandare now roommates in Iraq
— —
patients aherall theyhadbeen through their whilestationedatCamp Redemption,asectionof
spiritswere notbroken." Abu Ghraib prison. McClellansays, "We'vebeen
NavyCaptain George
Sakakini '73 (inhat)
overseesthearrivalof
woundedsoldiersat
LandsttihlRegional
MedicalCenter,
anArmyhospitalin
western Germany.