2 soldiers helped get 'battle buddies out of there'

Nov 7th, 2009 - Washington Post

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FORT HOOD, TEX. -- They had been running errands on base all morning and the 21-year-old soldiers were hungry for lunch. But there was one last stop to make. Pfc. Marquest Smith needed to process his paperwork for an allergy shot.

So they pulled up to the soldier readiness facility on this sprawling Army base. Smith went inside while Pfc. Jeffrey Pearsall waited in his white F-150 pickup, calling his older brother to pass the time.

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