From Porter Creek to Afghanistan...

Tom Eschak, born in October 1983, and a graduate of both Jack Hulland School and Porter Creek Secondary School, is a soldier in Afghanistan. He is a member of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and has been on the front lines of our war against the Taliban since the beginning of August.

On Aug 31, Tom telephoned his sister, sounding upbeat. This is from her report: "He said they have had a couple of close calls now. The Taliban find the leftover unused rockets that the Russians used when they were in Afghanistan. These Afghans now use these rockets to fire at the foreign military that are now in Afghanistan. Tom said that they recently fired an old Russian rocket into Tom's LAV (Light Armored Vehicle). It got lodged IN the gas tank, but luckily it didn't explode. There was another one that got lodged in the window...."

There is another Yukon man who has served in Afghanistan: a Corporal Tizya, very respected, and a friend of Tom Eschak. If anyone knows anything about this fellow, let your Blogress know!