Randy Liberty
"Randy Liberty served in Iraq for one
year. Randy was 18 years old when he signed up. He was the drill
sergeant of his team....
Thanks to Randy Liberty I have learned more about the war in Iraq and also what is happening over there and why we are still over in Iraq. And also I have learned how many of our people have been wounded and killed in Iraq too. Seeing the pictures help me see the place and visualize it better than I could before he showed us the pictures...." ~ R. Penn
"...Mr. Liberty told us so many interesting things that it is hard for me to name them all. He loved the children in Iraq, he also said he would go out with a full truck load of water and candy and throw it all out to the kids in the village he was living in. We got to watch a video clip of him doing that. We saw a small child run up to grab a can of soda from the road....
...I had no idea that U.S. soldiers were going to Iraq and training the Iraqi men to be soldiers so that they could defend their own freedom....
...Before I got the chance to interview Mr. Liberty, I thought that American soldiers were going to Iraq only to fight and kill. I had no idea how much good they were doing. They are killing, but they are helping too. They are only killing if they have to." ~ M. Nelson
"...From talking to Randy I learned that it was not easy over there, that every day was a challenge for you, because of all the troops that he had to take care of. The troops would ride around in Nissan gun trucks and humvees. The Nissan gun trucks did not have much armor so if it was hit by a roadside bomb there would be nothing left of the truck. The humvees, on the other hand, have a lot of armor on the top of the truck and the sides...." ~ J. Arbo
"....I have learned so much from Randy that now I know a whole lot more than I did when I walked in the room with him. I have learned that there are really bad conditions in Iraq and how American soldiers helped the Iraqi people lean more things while in battle.....
I was astonished about how he could have done things that he did. I will always remember him as being brave and being so kind...I think this was a valuable experience because I got to see pictures that not many people get to see every day..." ~ R. Rainey
"...When he arrived there it was shocking to him. It was a horrible situation with all of the bombings and deaths. It was very difficult to deal with this. He had been trained in the military for 20 years. Americans are losing patience with the loss of so many of their beloved soldiers. Randy feels that Americans should be more appreciative of what they have as citizens of this country....
He showed us a lot of pictures of how different this country is from our own. The pictures showed us what you would see in the military....
We learn a lot about wars in class but nothing compares to getting information from a primary source like a soldier who has really experienced it."
~ K. Zahner
"Mr. Liberty served a year in Iraq. He did graduate from Lawrence. He was a drill sergeant. He was on a 10 main team. He was 20 miles from Baghdad. He went to 12 different countries. He took soldiers to search homes and protect them....
They ate one meal a day. They had to live in a school house for 3 months. He had lost 103 men. It was very hot and sticky. It was 120F every single day...." ~ A. Harding
"...The only time that Randy was able to communicate with his family was 15 minutes a day. Randy told my group that the only things that were stopping him from going back, was his wife and kids. He said that when he was in Iraq, he missed his bed, cold water, heat, and other stuff. He missed everything he could think of that he never had....
I thought to myself the whole time, that I was glad that I was not forced to go into the war, and that I did not have to go to war. I feel really bad for the families that had lost other family members. I learned how they had to always evacuate the house and the city before they went to fight. I also learned that they always had to throw a bomb into the buildings, before they searched them, to make sure that they were not going to get hit with a bullet after entering the house...
...The last words that Randy had said before we had to be dismissed, was...'I am so glad to be back in my hometown.'...I appreciate what Randy and his crew have done for the United States and other countries and states, including Iraq." ~ A. Young
Thanks to Randy Liberty I have learned more about the war in Iraq and also what is happening over there and why we are still over in Iraq. And also I have learned how many of our people have been wounded and killed in Iraq too. Seeing the pictures help me see the place and visualize it better than I could before he showed us the pictures...." ~ R. Penn
"...Mr. Liberty told us so many interesting things that it is hard for me to name them all. He loved the children in Iraq, he also said he would go out with a full truck load of water and candy and throw it all out to the kids in the village he was living in. We got to watch a video clip of him doing that. We saw a small child run up to grab a can of soda from the road....
...I had no idea that U.S. soldiers were going to Iraq and training the Iraqi men to be soldiers so that they could defend their own freedom....
...Before I got the chance to interview Mr. Liberty, I thought that American soldiers were going to Iraq only to fight and kill. I had no idea how much good they were doing. They are killing, but they are helping too. They are only killing if they have to." ~ M. Nelson
"...From talking to Randy I learned that it was not easy over there, that every day was a challenge for you, because of all the troops that he had to take care of. The troops would ride around in Nissan gun trucks and humvees. The Nissan gun trucks did not have much armor so if it was hit by a roadside bomb there would be nothing left of the truck. The humvees, on the other hand, have a lot of armor on the top of the truck and the sides...." ~ J. Arbo
"....I have learned so much from Randy that now I know a whole lot more than I did when I walked in the room with him. I have learned that there are really bad conditions in Iraq and how American soldiers helped the Iraqi people lean more things while in battle.....
I was astonished about how he could have done things that he did. I will always remember him as being brave and being so kind...I think this was a valuable experience because I got to see pictures that not many people get to see every day..." ~ R. Rainey
"...When he arrived there it was shocking to him. It was a horrible situation with all of the bombings and deaths. It was very difficult to deal with this. He had been trained in the military for 20 years. Americans are losing patience with the loss of so many of their beloved soldiers. Randy feels that Americans should be more appreciative of what they have as citizens of this country....
He showed us a lot of pictures of how different this country is from our own. The pictures showed us what you would see in the military....
We learn a lot about wars in class but nothing compares to getting information from a primary source like a soldier who has really experienced it."
~ K. Zahner
"Mr. Liberty served a year in Iraq. He did graduate from Lawrence. He was a drill sergeant. He was on a 10 main team. He was 20 miles from Baghdad. He went to 12 different countries. He took soldiers to search homes and protect them....
They ate one meal a day. They had to live in a school house for 3 months. He had lost 103 men. It was very hot and sticky. It was 120F every single day...." ~ A. Harding
"...The only time that Randy was able to communicate with his family was 15 minutes a day. Randy told my group that the only things that were stopping him from going back, was his wife and kids. He said that when he was in Iraq, he missed his bed, cold water, heat, and other stuff. He missed everything he could think of that he never had....
I thought to myself the whole time, that I was glad that I was not forced to go into the war, and that I did not have to go to war. I feel really bad for the families that had lost other family members. I learned how they had to always evacuate the house and the city before they went to fight. I also learned that they always had to throw a bomb into the buildings, before they searched them, to make sure that they were not going to get hit with a bullet after entering the house...
...The last words that Randy had said before we had to be dismissed, was...'I am so glad to be back in my hometown.'...I appreciate what Randy and his crew have done for the United States and other countries and states, including Iraq." ~ A. Young