Rants, Raves, Pieces of My Mind
“Is Rome worth one good man’s life?
We believed it once. Make us believe it again.
He was a soldier of Rome.
Honor him.”
- Lucilla, Gladiator
Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael A. Monsoor
KIA September 29th, 2006, Ramadi, Iraq. Awarded the Medal of Honor, posthumously.
“For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call [...]
Manuel, 34, of Kinder, Louisiana died in Baghdad, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device hit his military vehicle. He was assigned to the Army National Guard’s 3rd Battalion, 156th Infantry Regiment, 256th Infantry Brigade, Lake Charles, Louisiana. Died on January 10, 2005.
My Father – Charles Jackson Applegate, WWII and Korea Vet, Gone but not forgotten.
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Visit Tweet to Remind and donate in honor of Memorial Day. Tweet to ReMIND is a celebration of support for the United States service men and women created by the Bob Woodruff Foundation’s ReMIND.org. ReMIND.org is ensuring our heroes return home with [...]
A memorial has been created in memory of 22 fallen Marines and a Navy Corpsman from the Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division who lost their lives while serving in Iraq in 2005. The Ohio-based Marine Reserve unit, once known as “Lucky Lima,” was one of the hardest hit single units [...]
