[Vision2020] The Human Toll

[Tom Hansen]

Courtesy of the December 6, 2010 edition of the Army Times –

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No U.S. service members died while supporting Operation New Dawn in Iraq,
confirmed by the Defense Department from November 19, 2010 through
November 25, 2010:

November 19, 2010 – November 25, 2010
Killed: 0; Wounded in action: 3

March 19, 2003 – November 25, 2010
Killed: 4,419; wounded in action: 32,002

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The following U.S. service members died while supporting Operation
Enduring Freedom combat operations in Afghanistan, confirmed by the
Defense Department from November 19, 2010 through November 25, 2010:

Marine Lance Cpl. Ardenjoseph A. Buenagua, 19, of San Jose, California;
assigned to 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California.

Marine 1st Lt. William J. Donnelly IV, 27, of Picayune, Mississippi;
assigned to 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I
Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California.

Army Staff Sgt. Sean M. Flannery, 29, of Wyomissing, Pennsylvania;
assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat
Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

Army Pvt. Devon J. Harris, 24, of Mesquite, Texas; assigned to the Brigade
Special Troops Battalion, 10th Mountain Division, at Ft. Polk, Louisiana.

Army Spc. William K. Middleton, 26, of Norfolk, Virginia; assigned to the
2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st
Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

November 19, 2010 – November 25, 2010
Killed: 5; Wounded in action: 101

October 10, 2001 – November 25, 2010
Killed: 1,383; Wounded in action: 9,469

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National Guard (in Federal Status) and Reserve Activated
(as of November 23, 2010)

http://www.defense.gov/news/d20101123ngr.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 else'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
SFC, US Army (Retired)
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.