Daily Archives: June 10, 2008

Jun
10
2008

No Exceptions?

An enduring memory of my late teen years was the unstated antipathy my mother held for one of her older sisters.  Her sister had draft age sons, and it was the middle of the Viet Nam War years.  My mother held, with Bobby Kennedy, the idea that it was wrong for kids whose parents could [...]

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Jun
10
2008

Peace in Heaven?

Well, that is what the widow said, anyway. When Maj. Lance Waldorf went to a cemetery with his will, his note, and his side-arm and shot himself to death, his widow, Lana, attributed it to the peace of heaven speaking more clearly to him than the pain he was living with after two tours [...]

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Jun
10
2008

The List - First Quarter - June 2008

As (too) usual, the list of names released since New Moon, for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan:
Spc. Christopher D. McCarthy, of Virginia Beach, Va., - Army - Iraq -no cause given & under investigation
Spc. Quincy J. Green, 26, of El Paso, Texas, - Army -Iraq - non-combat incident
Pfc. Joshua E. Waltenbaugh, 19, of Ford [...]

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