US Army’s new combat vehicle named for soldiers killed in Iraq, WWII

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US Army’s new combat vehicle named for soldiers killed in Iraq, WWII
By Jen Judson
Jun 10, 02:00 PM
The M10 Booker combat vehicle, formerly known as the Mobile Protected Firepower vehicle, is named for two soldiers, Pvt. Robert Booker, left, and Staff Sgt. Stevon Booker, right. (Courtesy of the U.S. Army)

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army has named its first new combat vehicle in nearly four decades the M10 Booker after two soldiers killed in action, one in the Iraq War and the other in World War II.

Staff Sgt. Stevon A. Booker was killed April 5, 2003, during the so-called thunder run in Baghdad, Iraq. Pvt. Robert D. Booker was killed under heavy machine gunfire in Tunisia on April 9, 1943, during WWII.

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