Since 9/11, when MoveOn.org deeply offended the supporters of General David Petraeus, the following soldiers have died in Iraq:
Staff Sgt. Terry D. Wagoner, 28, of Piedmont, S.C.
Spc. Todd A. Motley, 23, of Clare, Mich.
Spc. Jonathan Rivadeneira, 22, of Jackson Heights, N.Y.
Pvt. Christopher M. McCloud, 24, of Malakoff, Texas
Sgt. John Mele, 25, of Bunnell, Fla.
Pfc. Brandon T. Thorsen, 22, of Trenton, Fla.
Cpl. Terrence P. Allen, 21, of Pennsauken, N.J.
Staff Sgt. Michael L. Townes, 29, of Las Vegas
Spc. Joseph N. Landry III, 23, of Pensacola, Fla.
Spc. Nicholas P. Olson, 22, of Novato, Calif.
Spc. Donald E. Valentine III, 21, of Orange Park, Fla.
Spc. Aaron J. Walker, 23, of Harker Heights, Texas
Sgt. Edmund J. Jeffers, 23, of Daleville, Ala.
Pfc. Christian M. Neff, 19, of Lima, Ohio
Cpl. Graham M. McMahon, 22, of Corvallis, Ore.
Pfc. Luigi Marciante Jr., 25, of Elizabeth, N.J.
Capt. (Dr.) Roselle M. Hoffmaster, 32, of Cleveland, Ohio
Spc. John J. Young, 24, of Savannah, Ga.
and A Task Force Lightning Soldier died in a vehicle accident in Diyala province on Saturday 9/22.The oldest soldier, a woman and a doctor, was 32 years old.
He’s not General Betrayus. He’s General Outlivedus.
and this was left in the comments there:
REMEMBER
If you are able,
save a place for them
inside of you. And
save one backward glance
when you are leaving for the places they can no longer go.
Be not ashamed to say that you loved them,
though you may not have always.
Take what they have left,
and what they have taught you
with their dying
and keep it your own.
And in a time
when men decide and feel safe
to call war insane,
take one moment to embrace
those gentle heroes
you left behind.Major Michael Davis O’Donnell, helicopter pilot
1 January 1970, Dak To, Vietnam
KIA, March 24, 1970