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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000><FONT face=Arial>From the July 13, 2009 edition of the Army Times -<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>The following <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region> service members died while supporting combat operations in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Iraq</st1:country-region></st1:place>, confirmed by the Defense Department from June 26, 2009 through July 2, 2009:</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Army Sgt. Roger L. Adams Jr., 36, of <st1:City w:st="on">Jacksonville</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">North Carolina</st1:State>; assigned to the 120th Combined Arms Battalion, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Wilmington</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">North Carolina</st1:State></st1:place>.</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Army Sgt. Juan C. Baldeosingh, 30, of <st1:City w:st="on">Newport</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">North Carolina</st1:State>; assigned to the 120th Combined Arms Battalion, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Wilmington</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">North Carolina</st1:State></st1:place>. </FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Army Spc. Robert L. Bittiker, 39, of <st1:City w:st="on">Jacksonville</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">North Carolina</st1:State>; assigned to the 120th Combined Arms Battalion, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Wilmington</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">North Carolina</st1:State></st1:place>. </FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Army Sgt. 1st Class Edward C. Kramer, 39, of <st1:City w:st="on">Wilmington</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">North Carolina</st1:State>; assigned to the 120th Combined Arms Battalion, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Wilmington</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">North Carolina</st1:State></st1:place>. </FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>June 26, 2009 – July 2, 2009</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Killed: 4; wounded in action: 40</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>March 19, 2003 – July 2, 2009 </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Killed: 4,308; wounded in action: 31,408</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000><FONT face=Arial>The following <st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region> service members died while supporting combat operations in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Afghanistan</st1:country-region></st1:place>, confirmed by the Defense Department from June 26, 2009 through July 2, 2009:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Army Pfc. Justin A. Casillas, 19, of Dunnigan, California; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska. </FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Army Pfc. Aaron E. Fairbairn, 20, of Aberdeen, Washington; assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska. </FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Army Sgt. Terry J. Lynch, 22, of Shepherd, Montana; assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, New York.</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Marine Lance Cpl. Charles S. Sharp, 20, of Adairsville, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Georgia</st1:country-region>; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Camp Lejeune</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">North Carolina</st1:State></st1:place>.</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>June 26, 2009 – July 2, 2009</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Killed: 4; Wounded in action: 37</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Oct. 10, 2001 – July 2, 2009</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Killed: 710; Wounded in action: 3,100</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>National Guard (In Federal Status) and Reserve Mobilized </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>(as of June 30, 2009)</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial><A href="http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jun2009/d20090630ngr.pdf">http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jun2009/d20090630ngr.pdf</A></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>And the beat goes on . . . </FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>"Bring 'em Home"</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial><A href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/Bring_em_Home.mp3">http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/Bring_em_Home.mp3</A></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial> </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>"If you love this land of the free </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Bring 'em home, bring 'em home </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Bring them back from overseas </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Bring 'em home, bring 'em home </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial> </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>It will make the politicians sad, I know </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Bring 'em home, bring 'em home </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>They wanna tangle with their foe </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Bring 'em home, bring 'em home </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial> </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>They wanna test their grand theories </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Bring 'em home, bring 'em home </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>With the blood of you and me </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Bring 'em home, bring 'em home </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial> </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Now we'll give no more brave young lives </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Bring 'em home, bring 'em home </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>For the gleam in someone's eyes </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Bring 'em home, bring 'em home </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial> </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>The men will cheer and the boys will shout </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Bring 'em home, bring 'em home </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Yeah and we will all turn out </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Bring 'em home, bring 'em home </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial> </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>The church bells will ring with joy </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Bring 'em home, bring 'em home </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>To welcome our darlin' girls and boys </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Bring 'em home, bring 'em home </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial> </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>We will lift our voice and sound </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Bring 'em home, bring 'em home </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Yeah, when Johnny comes marching home </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Bring 'em home, bring 'em home." </FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Pro patria, </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial> </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>Tom Hansen</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000><FONT face=Arial><st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State></FONT></FONT></FONT></st1:place></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>"Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime." </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial> </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Arial>-- Adlai E. Stevenson, Jr.</FONT></P><BR><BR></body>
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