Fallen Marines

www.americanthinker.com ^ | November 25th, 2004 | Maj. Zarnik, USAFR

[SAMWolf]

Posted for alfa6, who has to work the day after Thanksgiving.

[SAMWolf]

Pinging the Foxhole

[Americanwolf]

great post thanks for sharing.

[semaj]

Semper Fi Colonel! Semper Fi! Thanks for the post SAM. A powerful reminder to all of us, that we have a lot to be thankful for.

[bluesagewoman]

This article means a lot. Thanks for posting it.

[krunkygirl]

We have much to give thanks for...

[HiJinx]

Thanks for bringing us this pilot's story. We need to remember each soldier or Marine who has sacrificed for our ideals, for our sakes.

[Bedford Forrest]

Outstanding Post. Semper Fi to the Colonel and his people. And God save and protect the souls of the fallen Marines and their loved ones.

[Saratogamema]

Speechless with tears. May God take them to a better place and may he bring peace to their loved ones through the prayers of all that knew them and all who never did but are awed and grateful nonetheless.

[Read2Know]

"We have much to give thanks for..."

My feelings exactly.

[ballplayer]

God Bless them all

[VOA]

"The head of each casket was to come out first. This was a sign of respect rather than defeat."

As a never-served civilian, I make my following remarks with respect and as a
citizen that is naive about the loss of a loved one in the military service.

But, as the following link (and posted excerpt) will show, I had a certain epiphany
after the new-photos of flag-draped caskets were "leaked" to the press during Operation Iraqi
Freedom.
My personal felling is that a memorial is constructed (and it should be) when The Coalition
wins The War On Terror...it should be a simple "walk-through" sculpture of based
on the photos. E.g., like the people paying respects would walk through a "cut-out" of a
fuselage of a tranport loaded with the flag-drapped caskets and the names of the
lost heroes inscribed on what the inside of the shell (like the interior surface of
the jet transport.

Freeper "VOA" especially appreciates this passage from the linked article:
"you can see that nothing much changes in the behavior of bastards"
And VOA thinks that Edith Roosevelt should be given at least half as much ink
as Teddy in the history books.


URL of pertinent article by Karl Zinsmeister:
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=14068

Excerpt from the article:

In 1918, Teddy Roosevelt’s son Quentin (who had left Harvard during his sophomore
year to serve in World War I) was shot out of the sky
in one of aerial warfare’s
early dogfights. German propagandists took photos of his maimed body amidst his plane’s
wreckage and, hoping to dampen American morale, mailed one to Mrs. Roosevelt.
(It’s an old tactic. Substitute “posted on the Web” for “mailed” and you can
see that nothing much changes in the behavior of bastards.)

Edith Roosevelt, however, refused to be cowed. She insisted that the picture
of her son’s crumpled body be displayed and cherished as
a symbol of her family’s
sturdiness and their pride in sacrifice for a high cause. As I traveled across Iraq
with American soldiers
this spring, I thought of what that tough lady did. She pushed aside her own grief,
which was surely enormous, and expressed admiration
and undying love for her
son by celebrating his bravery—and, most importantly, by refusing to abandon his fight.

[Mr. Lucky]

Wow.

[Shery]

Timely post, but so sad! May God grant rest to their souls, and to their families!

[WVNan]

Too sad SAM. This just breaks my heart. I do so hate that we have to lose these fine young men. They are the best we have.

[alfa6]

Thanks BTTT

Best Regards

alfa6 ;>}

[Victoria Delsoul]

Thanks for posting it, Sam.

God bless our troops.

[SAMWolf]

Makes it a little more personal than the news reports

[Victoria Delsoul]

That's for sure. :-(