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To: Non-Sequitur
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http://www.militaryproject.org/article.asp?id=279
Fresh Meat For The Imperial Slaughterhouse;
Mississippi Guard Unit Mobilized

July 08, 2004 By Mark Thornton, The Star-Herald, Kosciusko, Mississippi
The Kosciusko unit has 56 soldiers.


The 155th, which is known as "Dixie Thunder," was put on alert in May. It is the largest military support group in the state. The last time the 155th was mobilized was in November 1990, for Operation Desert Storm. The soldiers trained at bases in Texas and California for several weeks, but the war ended before they were deployed.

As of last week, 14 Mississippi soldiers had been killed in the War on Terror -- the highest per capita rate in the country.t


Stats may have changed since then but we still rank among the top 5
427 posted on 07/18/2005 4:46:50 AM PDT by WKB (A closed mind is a good thing to lose.)
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To: WKB
As of last week, 14 Mississippi soldiers had been killed in the War on Terror -- the highest per capita rate in the country.

I believe that they are wrong. As of the most recent count 31 service personnel from Mississippi have been killed. Eleven have been killed from Vermont. The population of Mississippi is over 4 times greater than Vermont - 2.8 million as opposed to 620,000. That would seem to me to show that Vermont, a Yankee state, has made a greater sacrifice per capita than Mississippi.

433 posted on 07/18/2005 5:33:57 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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