Sgt Sostand
06-27-03, 03:15 PM
Lance Corporals Billie Pickering, left, and David Mattson, of 1/2 Charlie Company drink shots of liquor June 24, toasting the buddies they lost in Iraq, in a bar near Camp Lejeune. Mattson was evacuated from Iraq after being hit in the face with shrapnel on March 23, during the battle for Nasiriyah. Their company suffered 18 deaths and 14 wounded in the fight.