[Vision2020] The Human Toll

[Tom Hansen]

Courtesy of the May 24, 2010 edition of the Army Times -

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No U.S. service members died while supporting combat operations in Iraq,
confirmed by the Defense Department from May 7, 2010 through May 13, 2010:

May 7, 2010 – May 13, 2010
Killed: 0; Wounded in action: 1

March 19, 2003 – May 13, 2010
Killed: 4,386; wounded in action: 31,810

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The following U.S. service members died while supporting combat operations
in Afghanistan, confirmed by the Defense Department from May 7, 2010
through May 13, 2010:

Marine Sgt. Joshua D. Desforges, 23, of Ludlow, Massachusetts; assigned to
1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

Marine Cpl. Jeffery W. Johnson, 21, of Tomball, Texas; assigned to 3rd
Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California.

Army Sgt. Denis D. Kisseloff, 45, of Saint Charles, Missouri; assigned to
the 1141st Engineer Company, Kansas City, Missouri.

Marine Sgt. Donald J. Lamar II, 23, of Fredericksburg, Virginia; assigned
to 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

Marine Sgt. Kenneth B. May, Jr., 26, of Kilgore, Texas; assigned to 3rd
Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine
Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California.

Marine Cpl. Nicholas D. Paradarodriguez, 29, of Stafford, Virginia;
assigned to 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II
Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

Navy Petty Officer Zarian Wood, 29, of Houston, Texas; assigned as a
hospital corpsman to Third Battalion, First Marine Regiment, First Marine
Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force.

May 7, 2010 – May 13, 2010
Killed: 7; Wounded in action: 101

October 10, 2001 – May 13, 2010
Killed: 1,054; Wounded in action: 5,831

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National Guard (in Federal Status) and Reserve Activated
(as of May 11, 2010)
http://www.defense.gov/news/d20100511ngr1.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.