[Vision2020] The Human Toll

[Tom Hansen]

Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .

"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)
http://www.MoscowCares.com
  
Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"There's room at the top they are telling you still 
But first you must learn how to smile as you kill 
If you want to be like the folks on the hill."

- John Lennon
 


On Sep 3, 2013, at 4:59 AM, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:

> Courtesy of the September 9, 2013 edition of the Army Times.
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> The following U.S. service members died while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom combat operations in Afghanistan, confirmed by the Defense Department from August 23, 2013 through August 29, 2013:
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> Army Staff Sgt. Joshua J. Bowden, 28, of Villa Rica, Georgia; assigned to the 242nd Ordnance Battalion (EOD), 71st Ordnance Group (EOD), Fort Carson, Colorado.
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> Army Staff Sgt. Michael H. Ollis, 24, of Staten Island, New York; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light), Fort Drum, New York.
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> Army 1st Lt. Jason Togi, 24, of Pago Pago, American Samoa; assigned to the 2nd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
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> Army Sgt. 1st Class Ricardo D. Young, 34, of Rosston, Arkansas; assigned to the 307th Engineer Battalion (Combat/Airborne), 20th Engineer Brigade, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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> August 23, 2013 – August 29, 2013
> Killed: 4; Wounded in action: 19
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> October 10, 2001 – August 29, 2013
> Killed: 2,261; Wounded in action: 19,245
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> And the beat goes on . . .
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> “Bring 'em Home"
> http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/Bring_em_Home.mp3
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> "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
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> 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
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> 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
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> 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
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> 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
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> 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
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> 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,
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> Tom Hansen
> SFC, US Army (Retired)
> Moscow, Idaho
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> "Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime."
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> -- Adlai E. Stevenson
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