[Vision2020] The Human Toll

[Tom Hansen]

>From the September 8, 2008 edition of the Army Times -                                 
 
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The U.S. service members died while supporting combat operations in Iraq, confirmed by the Defense Department from August 22, 2008 through August 28, 2008:
 
Army Spc. Carlo E. Alfonso, 23, of Spokane, Washington; assigned to the 40th Engineer Battalion, 2d Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Baumholder, Germany.
 
Army Sgt. David K. Cooper, 25, of Williamsburg, Kentucky; assigned to Forward Support Company, 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
 
Army Spc. Steven J. Fitzmorris, 26, of Columbia, Missouri; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 29th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado.
 
Army Spc. Michael L. Gonzalez, 20, of Spotswood, New Jersey; assigned to the 340th Military Police Company, Fort Totten, New York.
Army Spc. Jorge L. Feliz Nieve, 26, of Queens Village, New York; assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas.
 
August 22, 2008 – August 28, 2008
Killed: 5; wounded in action: 7
 
March 19, 2003 – August 28, 2008 
Killed: 4,141; wounded in action: 30,575
 
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The following U.S. service members died while supporting combat operations in Afghanistan, confirmed by the Defense Department from August 22, 2008 through August 28, 2008:   
 
Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Joshua Harris, 36,of Lexington, North Carolina; on temporary deployment from his assignment at Naval Special Warfare Development Group, Dam Neck, Virginia.
 
Army Pfc Tan Q. Ngo, 20, of Beaverton, Oregon; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, Hohenfels, Germany.
 
August 22, 2008 – August 28, 2008 
Killed: 2; Wounded in action: 30
 
Oct. 10, 2001 – August 28, 2008
Killed: 574; Wounded in action: 2,409
 
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National Guard (In Federal Status) and Reserve Mobilized 
(as of August 27, 2008) 
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Aug2008/d20080827ngr.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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