[Calpernia]

For more than a year, Johnson fought to follow in his son’s footsteps to Iraq. There was a sense of soldierly duty, but what most drew him here was his desire for vengeance.

“I can shoot an insurgent and not lose a bit of sleep over it,” said Johnson, a home builder from Lyerly, Ga. “I think any father would feel a sense of revenge. To me, it would be like someone down the street killed my son and I sat by and didn’t do anything about it.”

[eyespysomething]

Thanks for the ping, I read this at ajc online the other day.

Dad is a good man with a lot of love for his son and country.

AJC has been running fairly balanced coverage of the 48th Brigade since they left for training (to start with) last fall. Where I work, we had 17 ROTC students deployed, 1 has been injured, and 2 former students have been killed. Everytime I hear or read of a 48th incident, my stomach drops. I couldn't imagine how families all across our great nation feel everyday. God bless them and all those fighting and supporting.


aside:
I have lived in GA for 38 years, and I had never heard of Lyerly. I had to look it up, its NW of Rome, almost in Alabama.