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# Soldiers


Latham's vist to Iraq

I received this correspondence today from a soldier I met through myspace who is currently in Iraq.  Please feel free to repost and use.

Nice to hear from you. I would do anything to help see Mr. Latham kicked to the curb. He was just here in Iraq and spent 4 long days with him. I was his escort for his trip here.   He was a pain in the ass while he was here!  Just wanted  photo op's and really didn't care what the real stories are.

I will be awarded my combat action badge this next week. Have had the shit scared out of me several times and a couple close calls. Have seen and treated many hurt soliders and some didn't make it! ):

Memorial Day Quotes Thread

Post something you've written or read for Memorial Day.

Memorial Day orators will say that a G.I.'s life is priceless. Don't believe it. I know what value the U.S. government assigns to a soldier's life: I've been handed the check. It's roughly what the Yankees will pay Roger Clemens per inning once he starts pitching next month.

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I know that my son did his best to serve our country. Through my own opposition to a profoundly misguided war, I thought I was doing the same. In fact, while he was giving his all, I was doing nothing. In this way, I failed him.

–Andrew J. Bacevich, Viet Nam veteran, Professor at Boston University, whose son was killed in Iraq, in today’s Washington Post.

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