Posted on 11/14/2004 7:08:16 PM PST by Flavius
RIP Sean
GOD rest his soul
God bless all the brave fighting men lost in Fallujah and elsewhere.
"words can't express, only my tears."
I second that.
I went to High School with Sean in Seoul, Korea. We were all military brats and despite different social groups, we all knew each other pretty well. Sean was a good guy, a great soccer player, and apparently a well-loved commander.
I'm proud to say I knew him and proud of his service to the country
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/2004/11/14/2002090866.jpg
(That's Sean in the middle)
-Bill Benedict III
Was thinking this morning -- If terrorists use a WMD against a city in the US what will the reaction be? If we cannot prove 100% that X or Y did it. Will we escalate tactics to the nuclear level and against who or will we keep doing this house to house junk? Its getting frustrating watching our people die and the media gleefully turn each death in to a reason to surrender turning this in to their picture perfect version of a Vietnam. No doubt they've already found a future Presidential candidate out of this.
Unfortunately, until this earth passes away, good will always combat evil. It just comes in different forms through the ages, and also remains the same.
Thank God this life is only temporary, we won't have this
%$@#$$ in heaven! :) Until then, we must fight the good fight.
God bless!
Fightin' Texas Aggie, Class of '94.
Sounds like we lost another great one.
Damn.
"THE BIVOUAC OF THE DEAD"
By Theodore O'Hara
The muffled drums sad roll has beat
The soldier's last Tattoo;
No more on life's parade shall meet
That brave and fallen few.
On fame's eternal camping ground
Their silent tents are spread,
But glory guards, with solemn round,
The bivouac of the dead.
No rumor of the foe's advance
Now swells upon the wind;
No troubled thought at midnight haunts
Of loved one's left behind;
No vision of tomorrow’s strife
The warrior's dream alarms;
No braying horn nor screaming fife,
At dawn shall call to arms.
Their shivered swords are red with rust,
Their plumed heads are bowed;
Their haughty banner, trailed in dust,
Is now their martial shroud.
And plenteous funeral tears have washed
The red stains from each brow;
And the proud forms, by battle gashed,
Are free from anguish now.
The neighing troop, the flashing blade,
The bugle's stirring blast,
The charge, the dreadful cannonade,
The din and shouts are past;
Nor war's wild note, nor glory's peal,
Shall thrill with fierce delight
Those breasts that never more may feel
The rapture of the fight.
Rest on, embalmed and sainted dead,
Dear as the blood you gave,
No impious footstep here shall tread
The heritage of your grave;
Nor shall your glory be forgot
While fame her record keeps,
Or honor points the hallowed spot
Where valor proudly sleeps.
Yon marble minstrel's voiceless stone
In deathless song shall tell
When many a vanquished age hath flown,
The story how ye fell;
Nor wreck, nor change, nor winter's blight,
Nor time's remorseless doom,
Shall dim one ray of glory's light
That gilds your deathless tomb.
The night's a trifle chilly and the stars are very bright,
a heavy dew is falling but the tent is rigged a'right
you may rest your bones till morning,
but, should you chance to wake,
give me a call about the time
that daylight starts to break
---Harry "Breaker" Morant, 1902
While I was reading this story I was reminded of the movie "Bridges of Tok Ri", where the Adminral is sitting in his command chair, when he states "Where do we get men such as these, where indeed where do we find these men" [or to that effect]
My & my famlies prayers go to this man, his family & his command!
words can't express, only my tears.
ditto
thank you. you are now the only FReeper quoted on my FR homepage.
Wow! You honor me...thank you.
I guess we all look for reasons why soldiers like this one sacrifice a life with their loved ones in order to fight a war they didn't begin. The simplest reasons are usually the best.
(Is this my A co.????)
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