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thedrifter
06-13-03, 06:14 AM
Thief Steals Uniforms of Marine Who'll Soon Be a Dad





By Dawn House
The Salt Lake Tribune

Along with the cost of baby clothes and nursery items, Sgt. Jeremy Olson now will have to spend $1,000 replacing his Marine uniforms stolen this week as he was preparing for his second deployment in the nation's war on terrorism.
Olson, who returned from Iraq three weeks ago, left Camp Williams on Wednesday night with 200 Marine Reservists from Charlie Company, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion.
Early today, the Utah reservists were scheduled to fly from Hill Air Force Base to Okinawa, where they will be stationed for the next six months.
Late Sunday, thieves broke into Olson's locked Jeep parked outside his Taylorsville home, stealing his dress uniforms, hats, boots, fatigues and Marine emblems.
His mother, Vicki Frech of Herriman, said replacing the military clothing, valued at more than $1,000, will be difficult because her son has spent so much money buying items for his baby boy, expected to be born in late November. Olson, 27, and his wife, Michelle, 22, had been shopping while he was on leave.
"Whoever this thief is, I hope you feel guilty, that you know you are not the person who earned these uniforms," said Frech. "You are the coward who stole them from someone who paid the price to wear them proudly. Shame on you."
Olson was an assistant manger at OfficeMax in West Jordan when his company was activated. He and Michelle eloped shortly before his deployment to the Persian Gulf.
On March 8, Charlie Company left Kuwait with the mission of taking on Iraqi troops along the Tigris River. The company set up provisional governments in the Iraqi cities of Kut and Basra and patrolled the Iranian border to stop terrorists from slipping into the country, said Maj. Douglas Clark, Charlie Company commander.
The reservists repeatedly came under sniper attack, but no one in the company was injured.
In Japan, the company will support amphibious and light armored reconnaissance operations and training exercises with U.S. troops and several Southeast Asia countries.
The company is scheduled to return to Utah in early December, a week or two after the due date for Olson's son.
"He'll most miss the birth," said Frech. "This will be their first child."


http://www.sltrib.com/2003/Jun/06122003/utah/65363.asp



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