NEWS
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Apr 28, 2008
U.S. Government Presents Kip Winger with American Flag
A plaque & the American flag was presented to Kip Winger on April 24, 2008 by the Government of the United States of America.
The flag was the last United States of America flag to fly over Forward Operating Base (FOB) Kalso, located in Iskandaria, Iraq, 20 miles south of Baghdad. Before it was turned over to the Iraqis, FOB Kalso was the U.S. Army soldiers broadband internet services facility in Iraq as well as a base to stop enemy activity in the Sunni Triangle.
The inscription on the plaque reads:
Department of Defense Seal
IN APPRECIATION OF RECORDING ARTIST
KIP WINGER
AND HIS MUSICAL COMPOSITION
"BLUE SUEDE SHOES"
HONORING THE SERVICE AND SACRIFICE
OF OUR UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES
AND THEIR FAMILIES.
OUR SINCERE THANKS,
GENERAL HAROLD CROSS
(FOUR STAR GENERAL)
