Posted on 07/17/2015 11:53:19 AM PDT by Kartographer
Two fathers, a 21-year-old barely out of boot camp and a Purple Heart recipient who served two tours of duty in Iraq have been identified as the four Marines savagely murdered in Thursdays terror attack in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Gunnery Sgt Thomas J Sullivan, 40; Lance Cpl Skip Wells, 21; Sgt Carson Holmquist, 27 and Staff Sgt David Wyatt, 37 were training at a Navy reserve center just after 11am on Thursday when gunman Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez, 24, a naturalised U.S. citizen, pulled up in a rented silver convertible and started shooting at the group through a fence in the second stop on a deadly double shooting spree.
Just minutes earlier, the Muslim who grew up in the upscale suburb of Hixson had fired dozens of rounds into the offices of a military recruitment center at a strip mall - leaving one injured. The brutal attack was eventually brought to an end when police intervened and shot dead Abdulazeez.
Loved ones of those senselessly murdered, paid tribute to them today as an 'amazing father', a perfect Marine, and a young man who 'felt called to serve'.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Two FReepers were too fast to respond.
We all knew where he was going to go with things. This is why I pulled a lever for (gag) Mac. Not that he isn’t a piece of work but every single day, there’s something new it seems.
Rest in peace, GySgt. Sullivan, LCpl. Wells, Sgt. Holmquist, and SSgt. Wyatt. So sorry that, after serving our country so honorably, a fellow American took you away from your families.
Thank you for the post & link. Skip Wells reminds me of my boy, but at least my son had a chance to shoot back in Iraq.
What is it about some of these people who have a bad spell, find some “religion” and then have to kill people to feel better? I could say a lot more but would be banned, so will leave it at that.
One too and one to.
Like your sentence.
...and one two...
The people in Charleston want to remove all symbols of the Confederate Army, I say let’s remove all symbols of the muslim army right out of our country. Move’em out!!!
Right off I see two “two’s” in the article.
Fortunately, no “looser” as oft shows up (in other threads).
The liberals like to go after meaningless symbolism.
This, of course, will fly right under their radar of denial.
Why not? They’re all white men
Killed by an islamic terrorist.
I google "Daily Mail UK" *first* to see what's going on in the USA.
Tip o' the hat to the Brits. Back of my hand to everybody else.
And I wanted to say: my son Ben, 25, is USMC. I see him in every picture. My heart just hurts.
I agree, a very impressive and complete article.
As I go about my weekend, I will carry the image of these fine Marines, with prayers in my heart for each of them, and their families. Their sudden, senseless, and tragic loss requires a strength through which only the powerful Son of God can provide.
Thanks for posting.
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