'Charlie's Angels' care for soldiers
By Terry DeVine,The Forum

Three combat medics from the North Dakota National Guard's 141st Engineer Combat Battalion are so highly regarded by their fellow soldiers in Iraq that they've been given a special nickname.

"Charlie's Angels." That's what soldiers of Charlie Company call their medics, Sgt. Jessica Fisher, Sgt. Kristen Pagel and Sgt. Angela Magnuson.

I came across an article about the three medics, posted on a National Guard Web site, written by Sgt. 1st Class Mark A. Geiss of Williston, N.D., from Baqubah, Iraq.

Geiss says each of the medics has treated and saved the lives of both soldiers and civilians.

"Whenever tragedy strikes, the Angels descend with their camouflaged



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U.S. Army Cpl. Mike King (R) keeps watch while Pfc. Brian Healy (C) and Staff Sgt. Jamie Goheens, from the 108th Infantry Regiment of the 1st Infantry Division, search for weapons caches near the Iraqi town of Balad, north of the capital Baghdad, November 30, 2004. Elsewhere in the country, hundreds of U.S. and British troops raided homes of insurgent suspects at first light on Wednesday in an area that was once a favored country retreat of Saddam Hussein Baath party elite. Picture taken on November 30, 2004. EDITORIAL USE ONLY REUTERS/US Army/Pfc. Abel Trevino-Handout Yahoo! News - World Photos - Reuters

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