“…August [2003] became an extremely busy month for integrating thousands of coalition troops from other countries, including Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Hungary, Ukraine, Slovakia, Macedonia, Thailand, Mongolia, Nicaragua, Honduras, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, New Zealand, the Philippines, and Fiji. Others that would straggle in during the coming months included Portugal, Norway, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Singapore, and Japan.” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.]
– Ricardo S. Sanchez with Donald T. Phillips, Wiser in Battle, Page 244