[Vision2020] The Human Toll

[Tom Hansen]

>From the February 2, 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 January 16, 2009 through January 22, 2009:
 
Army Staff Sgt. Roberto Andrade Jr., 26, of Chicago, Illinois; assigned to 1st Battalion, 66th Armor, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. 
 
Army Pvt. Grant A. Cotting, 19, of Corona, California; assigned to the 515th Sapper Company, 5th Engineer Battalion, 4th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.
 
Army Sgt. Kyle J. Harrington, 24, of Swansea, Massachusetts; assigned to the 542nd Maintenance Company, 80th Ordnance Battalion, 593rd Sustainment Brigade, Fort Lewis, Washington.
 
Army Spc. Matthew M. Pollini, 21, of Rockland Massachusetts; assigned to the 772nd Military Police Company, Taunton, Massachusetts.
 
Army Pfc. Ricky L. Turner, 20, of Athens, Alabama; assigned to the 3rd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
 
January 16, 2009 – January 22, 2009
Killed: 5; wounded in action: 24
 
March 19, 2003 – January 22, 2009 
Killed: 4,222; wounded in action: 30,984
 
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The following U.S. service members died while supporting combat operations in Afghanistan, confirmed by the Defense Department from January 16, 2009 through January 22, 2009:  
 
Marine Lance Cpl. Julian T. Brennan, 25, of Brooklyn, New York; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
 
Army Sgt. Ezra Dawson, 31, of Las Vegas, Nevada; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. 
 
Army Staff Sgt. Carlo M. Robinson, 33, of Lawton, Oklahoma; assigned to 1st Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, Fort Polk, Louisiana.
 
January 16, 2009 – January 22, 2009 
Killed: 3; Wounded in action: 16
 
Oct. 10, 2001 – January 22, 2009
Killed: 636 Wounded in action: 2,664
 
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National Guard (In Federal Status) and Reserve Mobilized 
(as of January 20, 2009) 
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jan2009/d20090120ngr.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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