Representative Chris Gibson presents a souvenior of his service in Iraq to New York Army National Guard Sgt., 1st Class Luis Chiarenza during a "Tales from the Sandbox" discussion session hosted at the New York State Military Museum on Saturday, March 24. Sixty people attended the event, hosted by the Friends of the New York State Military Museum. Gibson, a retired Army Colonel, also served in Iraq. Sergeant First Class Melchiorre “Luke” Chiarenza from Clifton Park has served 20 years now in the Guard, including security duty at the pile at the World Trade Center following th
Representative Chris Gibson presents a souvenior of his service in Iraq to New York Army National Guard Sgt., 1st Class Luis Chiarenza during a "Tales from the Sandbox" discussion session hosted at the New York State Military Museum on Saturday, March 24. Sixty people attended the event, hosted by the Friends of the New York State Military Museum. Gibson, a retired Army Colonel, also served in Iraq. Sergeant First Class Melchiorre “Luke” Chiarenza from Clifton Park has served 20 years now in the Guard, including security duty at the pile at the World Trade Center following the 9-11 attacks. Though trained initially as a tanker, he would deploy with NY’s “Fighting 69th” Infantry in 2005 to Iraq where his unit would suffer the loss of 19 soldiers killed and more than 80 wounded. Chiarenza spoke about how the 69th tamed the most dangerous road in the world – “Route Irish” otherwise known as the Baghdad Airport Road and what it was like to host CBS 60 Minutes and reporter Lara Logan during that period. (Photo by Wayne Clark, New York State Military Museum)
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