Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Indian pilot for Iraq

An Indian American Army pilot is breaking new ground by becoming the first Hindu to be deployed in Iraq for combat operation. Parag Desai, 35, a resident of Minnesota, is a US Army reserve pilot going to serve in Iraq for the next one year.

On Sunday, around 300 community members came together to give a warm send-off to Mr Desai. Mr Desai said all community members of Minnesota were like his own family-news site wcco.com reported. "It?s very much like everyone?s son is going. We?re really proud of him," said Sonal Reddy, Mr Desai?s sister.

1 comment:

Chintan said...

he is my uncle..

chintan