Posted on 05/12/2005 11:01:46 PM PDT by flutters
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- An Ohio Marine Reserve unit suffered heavy casualties during recent fighting in Iraq, according to the Washington Post.
Every member of one of three squads that make up the 1st Platoon of Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 25th Regiment had been killed or wounded, Marines told the newspaper.
Marine Cpl. Dustin Derga, 24, of Pickerington, was one of two Marines killed and five wounded Saturday during a firefight in Ubaydi. On Wednesday, four more Marines were killed and 10 others were injured when a device exploded under their armored vehicle, according to the Post.
On Thursday, the Department of Defense said that Lance Cpl. Wesley G. Davids, 20, of Dublin, died Wednesday from an explosion while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Karabilah, Iraq.
Davids was assigned to Marine Forces Reserve's 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines, 4th Marine Division based in Columbus. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, his reserve unit was attached to 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward).
Derga also was a member of the 3rd Battalion, 25th Regiment, 4th Division based in Columbus.
The Lima Company draws reservists from across Ohio, the paper reported.
Marine Cpl. Dustin Derga, 24, of Pickerington, was one of two Marines killed and five wounded Saturday during a firefight in Ubaydi. On Wednesday, four more Marines were killed and 10 others were injured when a device exploded under their armored vehicle, according to the Post.
Rest in peace bros. Prayers for their loved ones.
Prayers for the US Marines and all other soldiers. May God bless all our soldiers past and present and future.
I'll always be amazed at such unselfishness, bravery and dedication, no one other than their own walk in such glorious boots. May they rest their souls, God grant them eternal peace. My humble thank you for your service and the freedom you give us all.
I'm confused. Are all these from the same Squad? or were some from the other squads.
How many in a Marine squad?.
Prayers for them and theirs.
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I watched the flag pass by one day,
It fluttered in the breeze.
A young Marine saluted it,
And then he stood at ease..
I looked at him in uniform
So young, so tall, so proud,
With hair cut square and eyes alert
He'd stand out in any crowd.
I thought how many men like him
Had fallen through the years.
How many died on foreign soil
How many mothers' tears?
How many pilots' planes shot down?
How many died at sea
How many foxholes were soldiers' graves?
No, freedom isn't free.
I heard the sound of Taps one night,
When everything was still,
I listened to the bugler play
And felt a sudden chill.
I wondered just how many times
That Taps had meant "Amen,"
When a flag had draped a coffin.
Of a brother or a friend.
I thought of all the children,
Of the mothers and the wives,
Of fathers, sons and husbands
With interrupted lives.
I thought about a graveyard
At the bottom of the sea
Of unmarked graves in Arlington.
No, freedom isn't free.
First and foremost - thank you to these brave men, may they RIP.
This story, however, is crap.
One squad being "lost" does not decimate a Company of Marines (or the Army). Tragic, yes.
Oh, BTW - Admin Guy - can you fix the "Source" for this - should be NBC4iNews - NOT the WAPO!
The pentagon has a site with info for this but it is only available after the notification of Next of Kin.
If anything has happened to him the Family would have been contacted ASAP.
Prayers up for All involved and serving.
Ping
We're at war
All the papers say
We will win
I read today
We are strong
It wasn't us
We are right
Who started this
Leave your work
I just left school
Leave your home
I am no fool
Take up arms
It left me strong
Sound alarms
The school bell rings
Join up here
I wave good-bye
We need you
Oh my breast sighs
Have no fear
Now I must try
God will be
With braver men
Take the vow
I know it's right
Praise the flag
The good fight
We're at war
I'm on my way
We will win
Why do I pray
I wait here in this hole
Playing poker with my soul
I hold the rifle close to me
It lights the way to keep me free
If I die in a combat zone
Box me up and ship me home
If I die and still come home
Lay me where the rose is sown
Sons of men who stand like gods
We give life to feed the cause
And run to ground our heathen foe
Our name will never die
This time will be forever
Shades of the Bardstown Boys...
It's always sad when US servicemen are killed in action but two dead and five wounded is a long way from "decimated". The Washington Post at work I suppose.
Fair winds and following seas.
Prayers for all families, and for complete healing/recovery for those wounded.
Thanks for posting this flutters.
May they all rest in peace.
We are so proud of all the military serving our country.
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