[Vision2020] The Human Toll

[Tom Hansen]

Courtesy of the December 28, 2009 edition of the Army Times -

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No U.S. service members died while supporting combat operations in Iraq,
confirmed by the Defense Department from December 11, 2009 through
December 17, 2009:

December 11, 2009 – December 17, 2009
Killed: 0; Wounded in action: 21

March 19, 2003 – December 17, 2009
Killed: 4,360; wounded in action: 31,603

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The following U.S. service members died while supporting combat operations
in Afghanistan, confirmed by the Defense Department from December 11, 2009
through December 17, 2009:

Air Force Tech. Sgt. Anthony C. Campbell Jr., 35, of Florence, Kentucky;
assigned to the 932nd Civil Engineer Squadron, Scott Air Force Base,
Illinois.

Marine Pfc. Serge Kropov, 21, of Hawley, Pennsylvania; assigned to Marine
Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force,
Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California.

Army Sgt. Albert D. Ware, 27, of Chicago, Illinois; assigned to the 782nd
Combat Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division,
Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

December 11, 2009 – December 17, 2009
Killed: 3; Wounded in action: 43

October 10, 2001 – December 10, 2009
Killed: 928; Wounded in action: 4,683

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Casualty Status
(as of December 15, 2009)
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/casualty.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.