Robert Dornan: “His was one of the first vehicles to cross the Sava River. Get this peculiar thing, of being the first man, he was in A…”

“His was one of the first vehicles to cross the Sava River. Get this peculiar thing, of being the first man, he was in A company, A troop of the first company of the first squadron of the first battalion of the first brigade of the First Armored division. He was one of the first to cross the bridge. The media could highlight with a little brightened circle and say, here is Donald Dugan, one of the first men into Bosnia. He gives his life, and he has probably saved other lives because now everybody is backing off the explosives. There will be kids losing legs and arms and their lives with these land mines that all sides planted there. To have the widow beg, through the Army Times, Please do not think ill of my husband, he was not careless, he was caring, is symbolic. That is why I say, all of our people in Bosnia on the ground are a form of hostage, relieving European men and women from being there, outside of the NATO mandate that they should take care of this on the ground.”