[Vision2020] The Human Toll

[Tom Hansen]

>From the October 23, 2006 edition of the Army Times -

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U.S. service members who died while supporting combat operations in Iraq,
confirmed by the Defense Department from October 6 through October 12:

Marine Lance Cpl. John E. Hale, 20, of Shreveport, La.; assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary
Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C. 

Marine Cpl. Bradford H. Payne, 24, of Montgomery, Ala.; assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary
Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C. 

Army Cpl. Nicholas A. Arvanitis, 22, of Salem, New Hampshire; assigned to
the 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne
Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.

Army Sgt. Lawrence L. Parrish, 36, of Lebanon, Mo.; assigned to the 110th
Engineer Battalion, Kansas City, Mo. 

Army Spc. John E. Wood, 37, of Humboldt, Kan.; assigned to the 891st
Engineer Battalion, Garnett, Kan. 

Army Sgt. Brandon S. Asbury, 21, of Tazewell, Va.; assigned to the 4th
Support Battalion, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas

Army Cpl. Carl W. Johnson II, 21, of Philadelphia, Pa.; assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.

Army Spc. Timothy A. Fulkerson, 20, of Utica, Ky.; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 82nd Aviation Reconnaissance Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation
Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C. 

Marine Lance Cpl. Stephen F. Johnson, 20, of Marietta, Ga.; assigned to the
2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C. 

Marine Lance Cpl. Derek W. Jones, 21, of Salem, Ore.; assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine
Expeditionary Force, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii

Marine Lance Cpl. Jeremy S. Sandvick Monroe, 20, of Chinook, Mont.; assigned
to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine
Expeditionary Force, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii

Marine Capt. Robert M. Secher, 33, of Germantown, Tenn.; assigned to the 3rd
Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine
Expeditionary Force, Okinawa, Japan 

Army Pfc. Phillip B. Williams, 21, of Gardnerville, Nev.; assigned to the
4th Brigade Troop Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne
Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky. 

Marine Sgt. Julian M. Arechaga, 23, of Oceanside, N.Y.; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary
Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C. 

Marine Lance Cpl. Jon E. Bowman, 21, of Dubach, La.; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary
Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C. 

Marine Pfc. Shelby J. Feniello, 25, of Connellsville, Pa.; assigned to the
1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Marine Sgt. Justin T. Walsh, 24, of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio; assigned to the
8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, II Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Army Capt. Shane T. Adcock, 27, of Mechanicsville, Va.; assigned to the 3rd
Battalion, 7th Field Artillery, 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division,
Schofield Barracks, Hawaii

Army Chief Warrant Officer Scott W. Dyer, 38, of Cocoa Beach, Fla.; assigned
to the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, N.C.

Army Sgt. Nicholas R. Sowinski, 25, of Tempe, Ariz.; assigned to the 4th
Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Fort
Wainwright, Alaska

Army Sgt. Gene A. Hawkins, 24, of Orlando, Fla.; assigned to the 14th
Engineer Battalion, 555th Combat Support Brigade (Maneuver Enhancement),
Fort Lewis, Wash.


October 6 - October 12
Killed: 21; wounded in action: 208


March 19, 2003 - October 12, 2006
Killed: 2,745; wounded in action: 20,895

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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 their voice and sound
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
Yeah, when Johnny comes marching home
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home."
   
Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Vandalville, Idaho

"Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil
and steady dedication of a lifetime."

-- Adlai E. Stevenson, Jr.