<pre>"The draft went out a long, long time ago. The armed forces consists of<br>volunteer enlistees now."--Tom Hansen (June 22, 2003)<br><br>_DJA<br></pre> <br><br><b><i>Tom Hansen <thansen@moscow.com></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> >From the June 5, 2006 edition of the Army Times -<br><br>-------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>U.S. service members who died while supporting combat operations in Iraq,<br>confirmed by the Defense Department from May 19 through May 25:<br><br>Army Pfc. Nicholas R. Cournoyer, 25, of Gilmanton, N.H.; assigned to the 2nd<br>Battalion, 22nd Infantry, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division<br>(Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.<br><br>Marine Cpl. William B. Fulks, 23, of Culloden, W.Va.; assigned to the 2nd<br>Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary<br>Force, Camp Lejeune,
N.C. <br> <br>Army Staff Sgt. Christian Longsworth, 26, of Newark, N.J.; assigned to the<br>3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, N.C. <br><br>Marine Lance Cpl. Benito A. Ramirez, 21, of Edinburg, Texas; assigned to 3rd<br>Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary<br>Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.<br><br>Marine Sgt. David R. Christoff, 25, of Rossford, Ohio; assigned to 3rd<br>Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine<br>Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii<br> <br>Marine Lance Cpl. William J. Leusink, 21, of Maurice, Iowa; assigned to 3rd<br>Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine<br>Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii<br><br>Army Spc. Michael L. Hermanson, 21, of Fargo, N.D.; assigned to the 164th<br>Engineer Battalion, North Dakota Army National Guard, Minot, N.D.<br><br>Marine Pfc. Steven W. Freund, 20, of Pittsburgh; assigned to
1st Battalion,<br>1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp<br>Pendleton, Calif.<br><br>Marine Lance Cpl. Robert G. Posivio III, 22, of Sherburn, Minn.; assigned to<br>1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine<br>Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.<br><br>Army Pfc. Caleb A. Lufkin, 24, of Knoxville, Ill.; assigned to the 5th<br>Engineer Battalion, Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. <br><br><br><br>May 19-25<br>Killed: 10; Wounded in action: 96<br><br><br>March 19, 2003-May 25<br>Killed: 2,455; Wounded in action: 18,184<br><br>-------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>And the beat goes on . . .<br><br><br>Seeya round town, Moscow.<br><br>Tom Hansen<br>Moscow, Idaho<br><br>"Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil<br>and steady dedication of a lifetime." <br><br>--Adlai E. Stevenson, Jr.<br><br><br>_____________________________________________________<br> List
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