[Vision2020] The Human Toll

[Tom Hansen]

>From the June 8, 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 May 22, 2009 through May 28, 2009:
 
Army Spc. Chad A. Edmundson, 20, of Williamsburg, Pennsylvania; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 112th Infantry, 56th Stryker Brigade, Pennsylvania Army National Guard.
 
Army Pvt. Bradley W. Iorio, 19, of Galloway, New Jersey; assigned to the Special Troops Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Fort Bliss, Texas. 
 
Army Pvt. Thomas E. Lee, III, 20, of Dalton, Georgia; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
 
Army Spc. Marko M. Samson, 30, of Columbus, Ohio; assigned to the 277th Aviation Support Battalion, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, New York.
 
Army Pfc. Samuel D. Stone, 20, of Port Orchard, Washington; assigned to the 1st Squadron, 303rd Cavalry Regiment, Bremerton, Washington.
 
Navy Cmdr. Duane G. Wolfe, 54, of Port Hueneme, California; assigned to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Gulf Region Division in Iraq. 
 
May 22, 2009 – May 28, 2009
Killed: 6; wounded in action: 27
 
March 19, 2003 – May 28, 2009 
Killed: 4,295; wounded in action: 31,312
 
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The following U.S. service members died while supporting combat operations in Afghanistan, confirmed by the Defense Department from May 22, 2009 through May 28, 2009: 
 
Air Force Senior Airman Ashton L. M. Goodman, 21, of Indianapolis, Indiana; assigned to the 43rd Logistics Readiness Squadron, Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina.
 
Army 1st Sgt. Blue C. Rowe, 33, of Summers, Arkansas; assigned to the 426th Civil Affairs Battalion, Upland, Calif.
 
Air Force Lt. Col. Mark E. Stratton II, 39, of Houston, Texas; assigned to the Joint Staff, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
 
May 22, 2009 – May 28, 2009
Killed: 3; Wounded in action: 35
 
Oct. 10, 2001 – May 28, 2009
Killed: 683; Wounded in action: 2,878
 
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National Guard (In Federal Status) and Reserve Mobilized 
(as of May 26, 2009) 
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/May2009/d20090526ngr.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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