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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000><FONT face=Arial>From the August 3, 2009 edition of the Army Times -<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>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 member 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 July 17, 2009 through July 23, 2009:</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>Army Spc. Herberth A. Berrios-Campos, 21, of Bealeton, Virginia; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>July 17, 2009 – July 23, 2009</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>Killed: 1; wounded in action: 15</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>March 19, 2003 – July 23, 2009 </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>Killed: 4,318; wounded in action: 31,446</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>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 July 17, 2009 through July 23, 2009: </FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>Army Spc. Justin D. Coleman, 21, of Spring Hill, Florida; <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>assigned to the 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, New York.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>Marine Sgt. Ryan H. Lane, 25, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; assigned to the 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>Marine Lance Cpl. Jeremy S. Lasher, 27, of Oneida, New York; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>Army Spc. Anthony M. Lightfoot, 20, of Riverdale, Georgia; assigned to the 4th Battalion, 25th Field Artillery (STRIKE), 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, New York.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000><FONT face=Arial>Army Spc. Raymundo P. Morales, 34, of <st1:City w:st="on">Dalton</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Georgia</st1:country-region>; assigned to the 148th Brigade Support Battalion, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Cedartown</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Ga.</st1:State></st1:place><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>Army Spc. Randy L.J. Neff, Jr., 22, of Blackfoot, <st1:State w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State>; assigned to the 4th Engineer Battalion, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Fort Carson</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Colorado</st1:State></st1:place>.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>Army Sgt. Gregory Owens Jr., 24, of Garland, Texas; assigned to the 4th Battalion, 25th Field Artillery (STRIKE), 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, New York. </FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>Army Pfc. Dennis J. Pratt, 34, of Duncan, Oklahoma; assigned to the 4th Battalion, 25th Field Artillery (STRIKE), 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, New York. </FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>Army Sgt. Joshua J. Rimer, 24, of <st1:City w:st="on">Rochester</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Pennsylvania</st1:State>; assigned to the 4th Engineer Battalion, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Fort Carson</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Colorado</st1:State></st1:place>. </FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>Army Spc. Andrew J. Roughton, 21, of Houston, Texas; assigned to the 4th Battalion, 25th Field Artillery (STRIKE), 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, New York. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>Marine Pfc. Donald W. Vincent, 26, of Gainesville, Florida; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>Marine Cpl. Nicholas G. Xiarhos, 21, of Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. </FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>July 17, 2009 – July 23, 2009</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>Killed: 12; Wounded in action: 66</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>Oct. 10, 2001 – July 23, 2009</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>Killed: 746; Wounded in action: 3,304</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>National Guard (In Federal Status) and Reserve Mobilized </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>(as of July 21, 2009)</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><A href="http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jul2009/d20090721ngr.pdf"><FONT face=Arial color=#c4a53c size=3>http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jul2009/d20090721ngr.pdf</FONT></A></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>And the beat goes on . . . </FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>"Bring 'em Home"</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3><A href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/Bring_em_Home.mp3">http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/Bring_em_Home.mp3</A></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3> </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>"If you love this land of the free </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>Bring 'em home, bring 'em home </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>Bring them back from overseas </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>Bring 'em home, bring 'em home </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3> </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>It will make the politicians sad, I know </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>Bring 'em home, bring 'em home </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>They wanna tangle with their foe </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>Bring 'em home, bring 'em home </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3> </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>They wanna test their grand theories </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>Bring 'em home, bring 'em home </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>With the blood of you and me </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>Bring 'em home, bring 'em home </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3> </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>Now we'll give no more brave young lives </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>Bring 'em home, bring 'em home </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>For the gleam in someone's eyes </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>Bring 'em home, bring 'em home </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3> </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>The men will cheer and the boys will shout </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>Bring 'em home, bring 'em home </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>Yeah and we will all turn out </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>Bring 'em home, bring 'em home </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3> </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>The church bells will ring with joy </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>Bring 'em home, bring 'em home </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>To welcome our darlin' girls and boys </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>Bring 'em home, bring 'em home </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3> </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>We will lift our voice and sound </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>Bring 'em home, bring 'em home </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>Yeah, when Johnny comes marching home </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>Bring 'em home, bring 'em home." </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3> </FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>Pro patria, </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3> </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>Tom Hansen</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><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>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3> </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>"Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime." </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3> </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>-- Adlai E. Stevenson, Jr.</FONT></P><BR><BR></body>
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