Steve and Liz - Camp Bucca heroes

Sergeant Steve Morin and Airman First Class Elizabeth Jacobsen were killed west of Camp Bucca (south Iraq, just west of the port of Umm Qasr) on 28 September 2005. Following this tragic incident, SSgt Constable made a video in tribute to Liz Jacobsen and later, Specialist Moreno-Scott made a video for SGT Morin. I combined the two videos for this upload.

Everyone who knew theym say that no one has passed through Camp Bucca that was nicer than Steve or Liz. They both had hearts of gold. Morin had a tab made that read "Regular Guy," and he wore it quietly on his backpack. Liz only had nice things to say about others.

They were sitting side by side, one Air Force, one Texas Army National Guard when they died. Morin wasn't even scheduled to be on the convoy, he was making a run to Kuwait to get charcoal for a unit bar-b-que. He quietly volunteered to help out the team. The comments, attributed to Liz, were in a letter she wrote to her mother just before her death.

They are both missed by family, friends, & fellow service members...

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[combatffiniraq]

I was stationed at Camp Bucca when this happened. I remember both very well and it was very sad attending the memorial for them. God bless their families.

[betamaxx21]

That was beautiful and moving. It brought me to tears.

[Lizard5571]

IM SORRY FOR THE FAMILYS OF THE LOST IN ACTION!,.MUCH RESPECT FOR ALL THE TROOPS THAT HELPED OUT IN THIS MOVEMENT!,.ITS PEOPLE LIKE YOU THAT MAKE US SLEEP AT NIGHTS,.SAFE AND SOUND!,.MY OLDEST SON WAS THERE IN BUCCA,.AND IM VERY PROUD OF OUR YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN,.THAT WILLING SERVE OUR COUNTRY!!,.MAY ALL RETURN HOME,.GODS SPEED!!,.LOVE ALL YER SUPPORTIN OUR GUTS!!,..Chief

[posler123]

I was attached with steve unit before we headead we went to fort hoodthen kuwait then iraq spent almost a year atleast with my friend and passed by elizabeth on a daily basis on camp bucca i'm just dropping some lines it's going on 6yrs and i just wanted you to know that i'll never forget you guy's and for steve i still have my regular guy patch we got on bucca i'll see you on the other side brother when i get there i know you'll be waiting for us like always. Sgt. Posler.

[50IBCT]

I was at Camp Bucca from 2008-2009. I didn't Steve or Liz, but I knew who they were, and I thought about them every time my truck left the wire at Bucca. R.I.P.

[reachsondra1940]

As Grandmother to Elizabeth, I am proud of her and Steve for standing up for their beliefs and sacrificing their lives so others may live in Freedom.

[jayjay4999]

R.I.P. Sergeant Steve Morin and Airman First Class Elizabeth Jacobsen fallen but not forgotten I have seen the road here that leads to the airfeild here in Bucca named after Elizabeth now i can put a face to the name. "They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:

Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them."