Afghanistan: 4 Iowa soldiers injured by bomb

Four soldiers with the Iowa National Guard have been wounded when their patrol vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Afghanistan during a combat mission on Wednesday 18th May.

The injured soldiers were taken to a Military hospital at Bagram.

The four soldiers, serving with 34th Infantry Division are, Sergeant Chisum Frisch, Specialist Jacob Hutchinson both from Cedar Falls, Specialist Benjamin Ward from Rowley and Private 1st-class Tanner Williams from Tama.

The military has not given further details of the wounded soldiers conditions.

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Iowa Guards wounded in bomb blast

Three Iowa National Guard soldiers were wounded yesterday by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan.

They are Spc. Adam P. Eilers, 23, of Garber; Spc. Andrew Zimmerman, 20, of Camanche; and Pfc. Caleb J. Redell, 22, of Erie, Ill. They all are members of Company A of the 1-133rd Battalion based in Dubuque, said Col. Gregory Hapgood, a Guard spokesman.

The bomb exploded near the soldiers' armored truck during a morning patrol in Laghman Province, which is in eastern Afghanistan. The men all were taken to a military hospital at Bagram Airfield.

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