http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/12/26/TROOPS.TMP"There's no names on the bullets or bombs in the streets," said Puckett, 31, of Clarksville, Tenn. "It's luck and how good you are versus how good they are. Hopefully you're better than they are."
A reminder of what happens when a soldier's luck runs out is right here, in the heart of Fort Stewart: 317 young eastern redbud trees, each one dedicated to a 3rd Infantry Division soldier who died in Iraq. Warriors' Walk, as the memorial is called, curves three-quarters of the way around the windswept marching ground at Cottrell Field and then stops at a grassy edge, leaving space for more redbuds to be planted. "That's where we redeployed back to the States the last time," explained Capt. Cobos, looking somberly at the gap between the trees. "That's where it's gonna pick up when we go back over there.
"You hate thinking that next time it will be one of us. But you know, you know there are gonna be more trees."
