[Vision2020] The Human Toll

[Tom Hansen]

Courtesy of the October 28, 2013 edition of the Army Times.
 
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The following U.S. service members died while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) combat operations in Afghanistan, confirmed by the Defense Department from October 11, 2013 through October 17, 2013:

Marine Lance Cpl. Christopher O. Grant, 20, of Richwood, Louisiana; assigned to 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

Army Sgt. Lyle D. Turnbull, 31, of Norfolk, Virginia; assigned to the 62nd Expeditionary Signal Battalion, 11th Signal Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas.
 
October 11, 2013 – October 17, 2013
Killed: 2; Wounded in action: (not available)*
 
October 10, 2001 – October 17, 2013
Killed: 2,281; Wounded in action: 19,391*

* The Defense Department has not updated its OEF wounded statistics since Oct. 1. 
 
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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 in song
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
 
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