[Vision2020] The Human Toll

[Tom Hansen]

 From the April 21, 2008 edition of the Army 
Times -

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U.S. service members who died while supporting 
combat operations in Iraq, confirmed by the 
Defense Department from April 4, 2008 through April 10, 2008:

Army Spc. William E. Allmon, 25, of Ardmore, 
Oklahoma; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 64th 
Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd 
Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia.

Army Sgt. Jesse A. Ault, 28, of Dublin, Virginia; 
assigned to the 429th Brigade Support Battalion, 
Virginia Army National Guard, Roanoke, Virginia.

Air Force Tech. Sgt Anthony L. Capra, 31, of 
Hanford, California; assigned to Detachment 63, 
688 Armament Systems Squadron, Indian Head City, Maryland.

Army Spc. Jacob J. Fairbanks, 22, of Saint Paul, 
Minnesota; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 320th 
Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat 
Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

Army Staff Sgt. Jeffery L. Hartley, 25, of 
Hempstead, Texas; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 
10th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat 
Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Benning, Georgia.

Army Spc. Jeremiah C. Hughes, 26, of 
Jacksonville, Florida; assigned to the 1st 
Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade 
Combat Team (Stryker), 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.

Army Spc. Jason C. Kazarick, 30, of Oakmont, 
Pennsylvania; assigned to the 1st Squadron, 2nd 
Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany.

Army Sgt. Michael T. Lilly, 23, of Boise, Idaho; 
assigned to the 1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany.

Army Staff Sgt. Jeremiah E. McNeal, 23, of 
Norfolk, Virginia; assigned to the 237th Engineer 
Company, 276th Engineer Battalion, 91st Troop 
Command, Virginia Army National Guard, West Point, Virginia.

Army Sgt. Timothy M. Smith, 25, of South Lake 
Tahoe, California; assigned to the 4th Brigade 
Special Troops Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat 
Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), located at Fort Polk, Louisiana.

Army Sgt. Shaun P. Tousha, 30, of Hull, Texas; 
assigned to the 1st Battalion, 66th Armor 
Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

Army Sgt. Richard A. Vaughn, 22, of San Diego, 
California; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 66th 
Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th 
Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

April 4, 2008 – April 10, 2008
Killed: 12; wounded in action: 48

March 19, 2003 – April 10, 2008
Killed: 4,019; wounded in action: 29,676

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No U.S. service members died while supporting 
combat operations in Afghanistan, confirmed by 
the Defense Department from April 4, 2008 through April 10, 2008:

April 4, 2008 – April 10, 2008
Killed: 0; Wounded in action: 2

Oct. 10, 2001 – April 10, 2008
Killed: 487; Wounded in action: 1,925

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National Guard (In Federal Status) and Reserve Mobilized
(as of April 9, 2008)
<http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Apr2008/d20080409ngr.pdf>http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Apr2008/d20080409ngr.pdf

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And the beat goes on . . .

"Bring 'em Home"
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"If you love this land of the free
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
Bring them back from overseas
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home

It will make the politicians sad, I know
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
They wanna tangle with their foe
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home

They wanna test their grand theories
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
With the blood of you and me
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home

Now we'll give no more brave young lives
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
For the gleam in someone's eyes
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home

The men will cheer and the boys will shout
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
Yeah and we will all turn out
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home

The church bells will ring with joy
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
To welcome our darlin' girls and boys
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home

We will lift our voice and sound
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
Yeah, when Johnny comes marching home
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home."

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Pro patria,

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst 
of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime."

-- Adlai E. Stevenson, Jr.
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