Posted on 09/10/2009 11:18:05 AM PDT by Route797
SAN ANTONIO – A year after Capt. Sam Brown was set ablaze when a bomb blew up his Humvee in Afghanistan, the 25-year-old West Point graduate endures a steady schedule of painful surgery and stretching to break up knotty burn scars.
He also has another routine: checking a Web site that counts U.S. and coalition troop deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan.
For Brown, it's one more regular reminder that the wars have not ended — something he says many Americans seem to have forgotten.
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Not everyone has forgotten. One of our soldiers is worth 500 Michael Jacksons. God be with them all.
My wife and I received word this morning that our son, an Army medic in eastern Afghanistan, was seriously wounded in an enemy ambush while attempting to go to the aid of another soldier. Words cannot adequately express our anxiety.
God bless him!
Prayers up.
May God keep him in His Loving Care! We will be praying for you, your wife & your son.
God Bless!
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