His Name Was Evan Ashcraft

t r u t h o u t | Report

Wednesday 5 November 2003

(Editor's Note | I have received several responses to my last essay, Assassin's History. One, in particular, struck me to stillness. It was from a woman named Jane Bright, who lost her son in Iraq.

His name was Evan Ashcraft, he was 24 years old, and attached to Company A, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry, of the 101st Airborne Division out of Kentucky. He was killed on July 24 when his convoy came under enemy fire north of Hawd, Iraq.

This is what his mother gave me. She is correct. We have had so much stolen from us with the unnecessary deaths of these fine young men and women. My heart breaks for her, and for all of the families of the lost.

If you are against this war, and yet are tired and discouraged, read of Evan Ashcraft and a life that should have been, and then get back to work.) - William Rivers Pitt

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