[Vision2020] The Human Toll

[Tom Hansen]

>From the May 3, 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 April 17, 2009 through April 23, 2009:
 
Marine Cpl. William C. Comstock, 21, of Van Buren, Arkansas; assigned to 2nd Supply Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 25, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
 
Army Cpl. Brad A. Davis, 21, of Garfield Heights, Ohio; assigned to the 82nd Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
 
Army Cmd. Sgt. Maj. Benjamin Moore, Jr., 43, of Waycross, Georgia; assigned to the 2d Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 3d Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.
 
Army Staff Sgt. Leroy O. Webster, 28, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
 
April 17, 2009 – April 23, 2009
Killed: 4; wounded in action: 22
 
March 19, 2003 – April 23, 2009 
Killed: 4,268; wounded in action: 31,215
 
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No U.S. service members died while supporting combat operations in Afghanistan, confirmed by the Defense Department from April 10, 2009 through April 16, 2009:     
 
April 17, 2009 – April 23, 2009
Killed: 0; Wounded in action: 14
 
Oct. 10, 2001 – April 23, 2009
Killed: 673 Wounded in action: 2,792
 
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National Guard (In Federal Status) and Reserve Mobilized 
(as of April 21, 2009) 
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Mar2009/d20090421ngr.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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