Zero U.S. Casualties Recorded In Iraq In August

Brett Alan — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 03:42:16 +0000

It’s the first time since 2003 that there have been zero U.S. casualties reported on Iraqi soil for an entire month according to an independent group that keeps tally of all the deaths in Iraq and Afganistan. The count done by icasualties.org was backed up by an Associated Press tally and by the U.S. Defence Department. [...]

A Soldier's Poem Honoring Heroes Who Made Ultimate Sacrifice

Staff — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 02:35:10 +0000

This past Memorial Day I attended a deployment ceremony at the Niagara Falls Air Base. I was invited by my friend Vince who was heading to Afghanistan with the 107th Air Wing. A few minutes before he headed to the tarmac to board the C130, he came up to me and handed me a piece of paper with a poem he wrote while serving in Iraq. To be honest I read the first few lines and then stuffed it in my pocket. Today I remembered I had it and handed it to a co-worker to read. After a few moments she looked up with tears in her eyes and that's when I thought maybe I ought to read the rest of it.

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Zero U.S. Casualties Recorded In Iraq In August

A Soldier's Poem Honoring Heroes Who Made Ultimate Sacrifice