Memorial Day…

Memorial Day is the last Monday in May, traditionally it was May 30TH.

It is a day to remember and honor those who have given their lives to their country.

During this time I always think of my Uncle Ernie Pyle who I never had a chance to know. He lost his life, doing war correspondence on April 18, 1945. Even though he was not a soldier…Memorial Day is a Day that he always wanders thru my thoughts and prayers.

This is Ernie Pyle

Let’s talk about the war in Iraq.

Afghanistan Casualties | POW/MIA Iraq

There have been 4,385 coalition deaths.
4,073 Americans
2 (two) Australians
 176 Britons
 13 Bulgarians
1 (one) Czech
7 (seven) Danes
2 (two) Dutch
2 (two) Estonians
1 (one) Fijian
4 (four) Georgians
1 (one) Hungarian
33 Italians
1 (one) Kazakh
1 (one) Korean
3 (three) Latvian
22 Poles
3 (three) Romanians
5 (five) Salvadoran
4 (four) Slovaks
11 Spaniards
2 (two) Thai
18 Ukrainians
These figures are for the war in Iraq as of May 8, 2008, according to a CNN count. (Graphical breakdown of casualties).
If you would like the names and pictures of the soldiers, Marines, airmen, sailors and Coast Guardsmen whose deaths have been reported by their country’s governments [the list also includes seven employees of the U.S. Defense Department]. CNN has an accurate list available.

At least 30,004 U.S. troops have been wounded in action, according to the Pentagon. View casualties in the war in Afghanistan.

U.S. war casualties dating back to the Revolutionary War.

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Sources: CNN News, Department of Defence and Department of Veterans Affairs
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I have not forgotten you, Viet Nam Veterans, or any other Veteran or military personal.
It is too bad that the Government has forgotten the Merchant Marines and STILL has not given them, their due. MY Step~Father is one of those brave men left. He is 90 and to this day not received a penny form the government. There are only a few thousand Merchant Marines left.
I salute you.
The Baby Boomer Queen DOES NOT support any war…just the men and women who serve in it.