Well, I can’t do what I normally do in buying a beer for them. No printer, and not sure a bar here would get what I was doing. Then again, from some things I’m discovering this trip, I might just be very pleasantly surprised. What I can do is be sure they, and those like them, are remembered here. Enjoy the day, the food, the celebrations; but, remember in your heart the real reason for the day. I don’t know a one of them who wouldn’t encourage you to have a good time, and remember the good times with them.
In Memoriam:
ENS Albert Foster Powers, MIA 1945 Japan
LCPL Bill Stelpflug, Beirut
COL Rick Rescorla, NY 9/11
SPC Ryan Dallam, Iraq
PFC Damian Lopez, Iraq
SPC Marieo Guerrero, Iraq
CPT Anthony Palermo, Iraq
SPC David Behrle, Iraq
SPC Joseph Gilmore, Iraq
PFC Travis Haslip, Iraq
SGT Jean Medlin, Iraq
SSG Christopher Moore, Iraq
PVT Alexander Varela, Iraq
LCPL Jeremy W. Burris, Iraq
SSG Brian Cowdrey, Afghanistan
MAJ Andrew Olmstead, Iraq
CPT Carroll LeFon, CONUS
No Greater Love…