[Vision2020] The Human Toll

[Tom Hansen]

>From the October 30, 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 13 through October 19:

Army 2nd Lt. Johnny K. Craver, 37, of McKinney, Texas; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort
Hood, Texas

Army Private 1st Class Thomas J. Hewett, 22, of Temple, Texas; assigned to
the 1st Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th
Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y. 

Army Spc. Jason A. Lucas, 24, of Columbus, Ohio; assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain
Division (Light Infantry), Fort Polk, La.

Army Pfc. Kenny F. Stanton Jr., 20, of Hemet, Calif.; assigned to the 57th
Military Police Company, Waegwan, Korea

Marine Sgt. Jonathan J. Simpson, 25, of Rockport, Texas; assigned to the 1st
Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

Army Pfc. Keith J. Moore, 28, of San Francisco; assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain
Division, Fort Drum, N.Y. 

Army 1st Sgt. Charles M. King, 48, of Mobile, Ala.; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort
Hood, Texas 

Army Staff Sgt. Joseph M. Kane, 35, of Darby, Pa.; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort
Hood, Texas

Army Spc. Timothy J. Lauer, 25, of Saegertown, Pa.; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort
Hood, Texas

Airman 1st Class Leebenard E. Chavis, 21, of Hampton, Va.; assigned to the
824th Security Forces Squadron, Moody Air Force Base, Ga. 

Army Sgt. Lester D. Baroncini Jr., 33, of Bakersfield, Calif.; assigned to
the 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat
Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C. 

Army Pfc. Stephen D. Bicknell, 19, of Prattville, Ala.; assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd
Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.

Marine Sgt. Brock A. Babb, 40, of Evansville, Ind.; assigned to the 3rd
Battalion, 24th Marines, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, Terre
Haute, Ind. 

Marine Lance Cpl. Joshua M. Hines, 26, of Olney, Ill.; assigned to the 3rd
Battalion, 24th Marines, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, Terre
Haute, Ind.

Army Capt. Mark C. Paine, 32, of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.; assigned to the
1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort
Hood, Texas

Army 1st Lt. Joshua Deese, 25, of North Carolina; assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division,
Schofield Barracks, Hawaii 

Army Sgt. Jonathan E. Lootens, 25, of Lyons, N.Y.; assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division,
Schofield Barracks, Hawaii 

Army Spc. Daniel W. Winegeart, 23, of Kountze, Texas; assigned to the 5th
Group Support Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group, Fort Campbell, Ky.  
Marine 2nd Lt. Joshua L. Booth, 23, of Fiskdale, Mass.; assigned to the 2nd
Battalion, 3rd Marines, 3rd Marine Division, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii

Army Staff Sgt. Garth D. Sizemore, 31, of Mount Sterling, Ky.; assigned to
the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st
Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany 

Army Sgt. 1st Class Daniel A. Brozovich, 42, of Greenville, Pa.; assigned to
the 1st Battalion, 213th Air Defense Artillery, Spring City, Pa.

Army Spc. Jose R. Perez, 21, of Ontario, Calif.; assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored
Division, Baumholder, Germany


October 13 - October 19
Killed: 23; wounded in action: 182


March 19, 2003 - October 19, 2006
Killed: 2,768; wounded in action: 21,077

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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.