Garry Owen - While the

Garry Owen - While the particulars of the PFC Lynch story have changed in the past day or two, it seems clear so far that she's a hero.

But lest we forget, we have a group of about 1,000 heroes to talk about.

While PFC Lynch's story (and that of the snake-eaters that rescued her, and the Iraqi that tipped us off to her whereabouts) is a wonderful story, it'll be great, one day, to hear the story of the 3rd Squadron of the Seventh Cavalry.

This battalion-sized group, the armored recon element of the Third Infantry Division, spent nearly two weeks way out ahead of the rest of its division - its mission (I don't know this, but a look at the map would seem to confirm it) to drive as much as 50-60 miles in front of the main advance - finding the enemy, fixing his location for the rest of the Division to either destroy or bypass, and pressing further onward toward the capital.

Worth a thought, anyway.