Representative Chris Gibson presents a souvenior of his service in Iraq to New York Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Don Leinfelder 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 Sergeant Donald Leinfelder from Wynantskill, conducted numerous mounted combat patrols and route clearance missions as a member of the 69th and often participated in dismounted rai
Representative Chris Gibson presents a souvenior of his service in Iraq to New York Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Don Leinfelder 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 Sergeant Donald Leinfelder from Wynantskill, conducted numerous mounted combat patrols and route clearance missions as a member of the 69th and often participated in dismounted raids on suspected Insurgent hide outs and bomb making sites. He spoke about his narrow escape after a Rocket Propelled Grenade flashed past his head in the turret of an M1114 Up armored Humvee and took a portion of his left ear. Leinfelder spoke about his own brush with death and the loss of friends including NY firefighter Christian Engledrum who was pictured by the New York Daily News at the World Trade Center on 9-11, 2001 helping another fireman place an American Flag. (Photo by Wayne Clark, New York State Military Museum)
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