[Vision2020] The Human Toll

[Tom Hansen]

>From the January 5, 2009 edition of the Army Times -                          

 
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The following U.S. service members died while supporting combat operations in Iraq, confirmed by the Defense Department from December 19, 2008 through December 25, 2008:
 
Army Spc. Tony J. Gonzales, 20, of Newman, California; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, Baumholder, Germany. 
 
Marine Lance Cpl. Robert L. Johnson, 21, of Central Point, Oregon; assigned to the 5th Combat Logistics Battalion, 1st Combat Logistics Regiment, 1st Marine Logistics Group, Camp Pendleton, California.
 
Army Spc. Stephen M. Okray, 21, of St. Clair Shores, Michigan; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado.
 
Army Maj. John P. Pryor, 42, of Moorestown, New Jersey; assigned to the 1st Medical Detachment, Forward Surgical Team, Fort Totten, New York.
 
Marine Lance Cpl. Thomas Reilly Jr., 19, of London, Kentucky; assigned to 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines, 3rd Marine Division, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. 
 
Navy Master-at-Arms Seaman Apprentice Joshua D. Seitz, 19, of Pensacola, Florida; assigned to Naval Security Force, Naval Support Activity Bahrain. 
 
Army Staff Sgt. Christopher G. Smith, 28, of Grand Rapids, Michigan; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado. 
 
Army Spc. Stephen G. Zapasnik, 19, of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado. 
 
December 19, 2008 – December 25, 2008
Killed: 8; wounded in action: 25
 
March 19, 2003 – December 25, 2008 
Killed: 4,203; wounded in action: 30,904
 
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The following U.S. service member died while supporting combat operations in Afghanistan, confirmed by the Defense Department from December 19, 2008 through December 25, 2008:
 
Army Cpl. Charles P. Gaffney Jr., 42, of Phoenix, Arizona; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
 
December 19, 2008 – December 25, 2008 
Killed: 1; Wounded in action: 2
 
Oct. 10, 2001 – December 25, 2008
Killed: 624; Wounded in action: 2,608
 
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National Guard (In Federal Status) and Reserve Mobilized 
(as of December 23, 2008) 
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Dec2008/d20081223ngr.pdf
      
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And the beat goes on . . . 
 
"Bring 'em Home"
http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/Bring_em_Home.mp3
 
"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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