Working, waiting, worrying

Working, waiting, worrying
On the ground with Fort Carson-based 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment
By Bruce Finley
Denver Post Staff Writer
Sunday, April 10, 2005 -
South of Baghdad, Iraq - Hot gravel crunching beneath their boots, Pfc. Nicholas Sauceda and seven fellow soldiers gathered around the broken engine of a Bradley Fighting Vehicle on Thursday afternoon. They ran their fingers over the metal searching for an oil leak.


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Now Capt. David Rozelle, 32, the company commander, wanted it fixed. Rozelle stood in the shade of a shipping container, watching. He lost his lower right leg when a Humvee he was riding in set off a land mine his first time in Iraq, in June 2003 in the western Anbar province.

After a few months back at Fort Carson with his wife and toddler, Rozelle became the first amputee to return for a second tour in Iraq. When his war is over, he's slated to go to work at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.

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