The few and the proud

Staff Sergeant Anthony Bryner (formerly of Attleboro), and Private Louis Salazar recently visited Bishop Feehan High School’s Social Justice class as a part of a study by it’s “Peace Group” made up of four students who reported on daily life in Iraq.

The students were offered the opportunity to ask questions regarding the soldiers’ experiences while serving in Iraq.

When asked “What was the biggest act of bravery that you witnessed?” Sgt. Bryner recounted an amazing story of a soldier who went into a house under gun fire to rescue a fellow soldier who had been shot and had collapsed, risking his own life for that of another.

To the question, “Do you feel like you’re making a difference?” Bryner replied, “Yes I do. Saddam Hussein needed to be taken out of power. We are definitely making a better environment for them such as giving them better water treatment so they don’t have to drink and bathe in the filthy Euphrates. You can see the little differences too, like noticing that the women are now not afraid to sit in such a way that their ankles show.”

Bryner and Salazar answered other questions like “How have the Iraqis treated you?” “Why did you join the Marine Corps?” and “Is basic training like you see in the movies?”