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Soldier's story continues after death
Journal Sentinel ^ | January 6, 2008 | Mike Nichols

Posted on 01/07/2008 9:24:13 AM PST by CHICAGOFARMER

Soldier's final journal.

Soldier's story continues after death By MIKE NICHOLS mnichols@journalsentinel.com Posted: Jan. 6, 2008

Mike Nichols E-MAIL

Andy Olmsted was too many things to neatly enumerate.

He was a husband and a brother and a blogger. He was a son to two of my very good friends.

"I don't know if there is an afterlife; I tend to doubt it, to be perfectly honest. But if there is any way possible, Amanda, then I will live up to Delenn's words, somehow, some way. I love you."

Services for Andy Olmsted will probably be at Fort Carson in Colorado Springs in mid-January. E-mail mnichols@journalsentinel.com.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: fallen; iraq; milblogs; olmsted; soldier
Patriot rational for serving his country, final words.
1 posted on 01/07/2008 9:24:15 AM PST by CHICAGOFARMER
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To: CHICAGOFARMER

LINK http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=704113


2 posted on 01/07/2008 9:25:17 AM PST by CHICAGOFARMER ( “If you're not ready to die for it, put the word ''freedom'' out of your vocabulary.” – Malcolm X)
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To: CHICAGOFARMER

“I don’t know if there is an afterlife; I tend to doubt it, to be perfectly honest.”

There is if he accepted Christ. I hope he did.


3 posted on 01/07/2008 9:29:11 AM PST by Resolute Conservative
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To: CHICAGOFARMER

There is life. There is a First and Second Resurrection on the way.


4 posted on 01/07/2008 9:32:35 AM PST by Ancient Drive
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