In Memoriam

[Grace]

UNITED KINGDOM

25 October 2009

It is with deep regret that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the death of Corporal Thomas 'Tam' Mason from The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (3 SCOTS), at the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, Selly Oak Hospital, on Sunday 25 October 2009.

Corporal Mason was injured when an improvised explosive device detonated during an operation in Kandahar province on 15 September 2009. Despite the best efforts of medical staff, both in theatre and back in the UK, over a period of nearly six weeks, he sadly died as a result of his wounds.


Corporal Thomas Mason, known as Tam, was 27. He was born in Bellshill, Glasgow, and brought up in Rosyth, Fife.

[Grace]

26 October 2009

The Department of Defense announced today the death of four Marines who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

The following Marines died Oct. 26 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

Cpl. Gregory M.W. Fleury, 23, of Anchorage, Alaska.

Capt. Eric A. Jones, 29, of Westchester, N.Y.

Capt. David S. Mitchell, 30, of Loveland, Ohio.

Capt. Kyle R. Van De Giesen, 29, of North Attleboro, Mass.



Fleury, Jones and Van De Giesen were assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force, based out of Camp Pendleton, Calif.

Mitchell was assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 367, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force, based out of Camp Pendleton, Calif.

[Grace]

From the NY Times -

KABUL, Afghanistan — Eight Americans died in combat in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, bringing October’s total to 53 and making it the deadliest month for Americans in the eight-year war. September and October were both deadlier months overall for NATO troops.

With 4 more days left in the month

[Grace]

25 October 2009

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.


Sgt. Eduviges G. Wolf, 24, of Hawthorne, Calif., died Oct. 25 in Kunar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked her vehicle with a rocket propelled grenade. She was assigned to the 704th Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.

[Grace]

24 October 2009

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

Pfc. Devin J. Michel, 19, of Stockton, Ill., died Oct. 24 in Zhari province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.

[Cinder & Smoke]

WHY ?

WHY, Why, why? Do we continuously load 4 Young Soldiers into flimsy tin cans
and then parade them up & down roads we KNOW are mined and/or
in the sights of the heavy weapons of our enemies?????????????

WHAT purpose do these daily sacrifices of our troops accomplish?

Let's either WIN this thing or GET the HECK OUT!!!!!!

[Daisy and Delilah]

WHY ?

WHY, Why, why? Do we continuously load 4 Young Soldiers into flimsy tin cans
and then parade them up & down roads we KNOW are mined and/or
in the sights of the heavy weapons of our enemies?????????????

WHAT purpose do these daily sacrifices of our troops accomplish?

Let's either WIN this thing or GET the HECK OUT!!!!!!

I can't agree more. This loss of life is an outrage. When will it end?? I wish we could do something!!!

As soon as we thought it couldn't get worse..........