Despite Wound, Medic Fought To Return To Iraq (a moving and poignant must read article "RIP")

Philadelphia Inquirer ^ | January 29, 2005 | Ken Dilanian

[Former Military Chick]

I salute you Spec. Burk, thank you for your service to our country and I will pray for those you left behind!
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Love, good night, Must thou go, When the day, And the night Need thee so? All is well. Speedeth all To their rest.

Fades the light; And afar Goeth day, And the stars Shineth bright, Fare thee well; Day has gone, Night is on.

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[Former Military Chick]

All that should be said is **PING**!!

[Paperdoll]

I've heard from other men returning from service in Iraq that they want to go back because of the amazing progress they have made over there, and that they want to see it through to the completion of why they were there in the first place, God bless their brave and dedicated souls.

[Trippin]

You won't hear about this guy though. That's what makes me so mad. Instead you'll hear about the traitors and desserters.

It's sick and disgusting the way this war is being distorted by the media.

[Former Military Chick]

I understand your anger. But, I offer a challange and I will accept it as well, copy and past this article to your local papers. To your local news channels and who ever else you can thing of.

We can make a difference. If we let them know what we want to hear well maybe JUST maybe we can make a small step with the MSM!

I live in the greater KC area (Ft Leavenworth) and will contact our local media.

[DTogo]

Salute to Spec. Taylor Burk. A man, a soldier, a hero.

[taxesareforever]

Such a shame that our MSM won't pick up on these heroic stories from the front and always seem to focus on the negative. My heart and prayers go out to all those who mourn his loss. A true American hero.

[syriacus]

Salute to Spec. Taylor Burk. A man, a soldier, a hero

And a saint.

[dennisw]

"Brothers in Arms" props and prayers.


http://grunt.space.swri.edu/audio/brothers.mid

[JDoutrider]

Combat Medic BTTT

[EGPWS]

It's sick and disgusting the way this war is being distorted by the media.

The most horrendous aspect of the war less Ed Kennedy.

[silverleaf]

Saluting a fallen soldier, and a hero. America will always win, when we have men like these. And only 21 years old....I shake my head in wonder at his courage.

http://www.angelfire.com/ny5/ItisPeke/VDay.html

[Imal]

More proof that angels walk among us from time to time.

A loss for us, a gain for Heaven.

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PRAYERS OF COMFORT FOR SPEC BURK'S FAMILY AND FELLOW UNITS DEFENDERS OF FREEDOM.
GODSPEED!

[Calpernia]

Taylor Burk's friends here in Iraq told him over and over: Don't come back. You've bled enough for your country. You've got nothing to prove.

But the 21-year-old medic from Amarillo, Texas, couldn't stand to be away from his brothers in arms. So, even though the gunshot wound he sustained while saving another soldier's life made walking painful sometimes, he pushed to leave Fort Hood in Texas and return to his unit. And when he got back to Iraq, he finagled his way out of a headquarters job and into a frontline company.

Spec. Burk died Wednesday after a powerful roadside bomb exploded next to the armored humvee he was driving in southwest Baghdad.

[Kathy in Alaska]

RIP Spc Burk

[facedown]

bttt

[Happygal]

His story is one that Mel Gibson should make into a commemorative movie to his life - and that of all the brave men and women who went to Iraq.

Sacred Heart of Jesus, hold him in the hollow of your hand.

I'm sure his family, while devastated by his sacrifice, are proud to know that this young man died in the service of others.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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"American Soldiers...
Fighting for the...
Freedom of others,
Those that train them...
In their Freedom mission and...
Those loved ones who wait...
For them to...
Come home...
Or not...
Are...


......H-O-L-Y..!!!"



Signed:.."ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer
Veteran-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965, Landing Zone Falcon

http://www.WeWereSoldiers.com
http://www.lzxray.com/guyer_set1.htm



"What American Soldiers are doing in Iraq and Afghanistan is...

...S-A-C-R-E-D..!!!"



...states "WE WERE SOLDIERS" Producer/Director/ScreenWriter RANDALL WALLACE


NEVER FORGET

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[Calpernia]

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