to get more information. Here is what I found:
The second in command in the Colebrook Police Department was shot and wounded by a sniper while serving in Iraq last month.
Sgt. Joseph Caron has returned to the United States and was headed to Georgia for medical treatment on his hand, Colebrook Police Chief Steve Cass said last night.
Caron, a rifleman in the Army National Guard, was wounded in Ramadi just after being deployed to the Middle East, Cass said.
The bullet went through Caron's hand and the butt of his rifle, also piercing his body armor and injuring his chest, Cass said.
"He was only there a month, if it was a month," said Cass, who exchanged e-mails with Caron before he was shot.
Caron has told girlfriend, Amy Parker of Colebrook, that he has feeling in his hand, Cass said. He has already undergone many surgeries after being treated in Iraq and later in Germany.
Caron joined the Colebrook Police Department in 2000. He was promoted to corporal in April 2004.
Having served for five years in the Marine Corps with armored personnel carriers, he joined the National Guard in December, Cass said.
Why didn't our troops have the correct equipment in the first place? Where is the money going that was designated for armor? How many more of our troops will be injured or killed while our Defense Department screws around with getting them the proper equipment?
