An American soldier journeys to the 'good fight' in Libya - CNN.com

An American soldier journeys to the 'good fight' in Libya
By Moni Basu, CNN

September 10, 2011 8:46 a.m. EDT

To Jerry Erwin, getting rid of Moammar Gadhafi was like ridding the world of Adolf Hitler.

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• Jerry Erwin trained for war but was never deployed with the U.S. Army
• He saw his chance to fulfill a dream by helping train the Libyan rebels
• He spent three months with Libyans who fought Moammar Gadhafi's forces
• He insists he did the right thing

(CNN) -- One day in April, Jerry Erwin went online at home and purchased an airline ticket. Turkish Airlines to Istanbul.
It was not exactly a planned trip. But neither was it impulsive.
He acted after watching weeks of coverage of the Libyan war. Erwin, 46, was especially struck by the images of amateur rebels fighting the professional army of strongman Moammar Gadhafi. Everyone thought the rebels would get slaughtered, that they had no chance of victory.
Erwin knew then he had to go; to play a part, however small, in helping them win. He had prepared for war all his life, after all. And never fought in one. (FULL STORY HERE: An American soldier journeys to the 'good fight' in Libya - CNN.com)