[Vision2020] The Human Toll

[Tom Hansen]

>From the October 6, 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 September 19, 2008 through September 25, 2008:
 
Army 1st Lt. Thomas J. Brown, 26, of Burke, Virginia; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Baumholder, Germany.
 
Army Pfc. Jamel A. Bryant, 22, of Belleville, Illinois; assigned to the 40th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Baumholder, Germany.
 
Army Chaplain (Col.) Sidney J. Marceaux Jr., 69, of Beaumont, Texas; assigned to the Warrior Transition Brigade, Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
 
Army Capt. Michael J. Medders, 25, of Ohio; assigned to the 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas.
 
Army Staff Sgt. Ronald Phillips Jr., 33, of Conway, South Carolina; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia.
 
September 19, 2008 – September 25, 2008
Killed: 5; wounded in action: 20
 
March 19, 2003 – September 25, 2008 
Killed: 4,164; wounded in action: 30,662
 
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The following U.S. service members died while supporting combat operations in Afghanistan, confirmed by the Defense Department from September 19, 2008 through September 25, 2008:
 
Army Capt. Bruno G. Desolenni, 32, of Crescent City, California; assigned to the Joint Forces Headquarters, Element Training Team, Oregon Army National Guard.
 
Army Sgt. William E. Hasenflu, 38, of Bradenton, Florida; assigned to the 1st Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
 
September 19, 2008 – September 25, 2008 
Killed: 2; Wounded in action: 27
 
Oct. 10, 2001 – September 25, 2008
Killed: 598; Wounded in action: 2,478
 
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National Guard (In Federal Status) and Reserve Mobilized 
(as of September 23, 2008) 
http://preview.defenselink.mil/news/Sep2008/d20080924ngr.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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