DoD Identifies Marine Casualty ( #2299 )

[leftchick]

DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Lance Cpl. John J. Thornton, 22, of Phoenix, Ariz., died Feb. 25 of wounds received as a result of an enemy mortar attack in Ar Ramadi, Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, his unit was attached to 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward).

http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/2006/nr20060303-12600.html

[meganmonkey]

1. Rest In Peace Soldier

I am sorry you were unable to live in Peace. :cry:

:patriot:

[Breeze54]

2. 2,299 ?.... I think we've past that now....

Gheesh...IT'S CRIMINAL!!
CAN'T WE IMPEACH BUSH NOW??? x(
What the hell is it going to take??
:grr: :grr:
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Canadian soldier dies in Afghan crash
Kandahar, Afghanistan — Mar 2, 2006
A Canadian armoured vehicle went off the road Thursday while
on patrol in the Kandahar area of southern Afghanistan,
killing one soldier and injuring seven others, military officials said.
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Thursday, 03/02/06
101st soldier dies from wound
A 101st Airborne Division infantryman from Oklahoma died Friday in Iraq
of a noncombat-related gunshot wound, the Army confirmed yesterday.
Army Pfc. Joshua Francis Powers, 21, of Skiatook, died in southern Baghdad.
His mother, Patricia Powers, said her son had been in the country about 2½ weeks.
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Pictures of him and of his mom falling apart...
http://www.ashlandcitytimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060301/NEWS01/603010405
Wednesday, 03/01/06
On second tour in Iraq, young dad dies in action
I regret to inform you of the death of Staff Sgt. Christopher Schornak, 28,
killed by small-arms fire Sunday evening as he led his squad on a patrol in Baghdad.
Schornak, formerly of the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Ky.,
had been assigned to the 4th Infantry Division at Fort Hood, Texas, earlier this year.
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http://icasualties.org/oif/
US Casualties By Year
Year---US Deaths------US Wounded
2003....486................2409
2004....848................7989
2005....846................5944
2006....119..................311
Total...2299..............16653

[seemslikeadream]

3. HOW MANY MORE GEORGIE, HOW MANY MORE?

B.f.p.o.
Army dreamers.
Mammy’s hero.
B.f.p.o.
Mammy’s hero.

Our little army boy
Is coming home from b.f.p.o.
I’ve a bunch of purple flowers
To decorate a mammy’s hero.

Mourning in the aerodrome,
The weather warmer, he is colder.
Four men in uniform
To carry home my little soldier.

What could he do?
Should have been a rock star.
But he didn’t have the money for a guitar.
What could he do?
Should have been a politician.
But he never had a proper education.
What could he do?
Should have been a father.
But he never even made it to his twenties.
What a waste --
Army dreamers.
Ooh, what a waste of
Army dreamers.

Tears o’er a tin box.
Oh, jesus christ, he wasn’t to know,
Like a chicken with a fox,
He couldn’t win the war with ego.

Give the kid the pick of pips,
And give him all your stripes and ribbons.
Now he’s sitting in his hole,
He might as well have buttons and bows.

What could he do?
Should have been a rock star.
But he didn’t have the money for a guitar.
What could he do?
Should have been a politician.
But he never had a proper education.
What could he do?
Should have been a father.
But he never even made it to his twenties.
What a waste --
Army dreamers.
Ooh, what a waste of
Army dreamers.
Ooh, what a waste of all that
Army dreamers,
Army dreamers,
Army dreamers, oh...

(b.f.p.o.)
Did-n-did-n-did-n-dum...
Army dreamers.
Did-n-did-n-did-n-dum...
(mammy’s hero.)
(b.f.p.o.)
Army dreamers.
(mammy’s hero.)
(b.f.p.o.)
No harm heroes.
(mammy’s hero.)
(b.f.p.o.)
Army dreamers.
(mammy’s hero.)
(b.f.p.o.)
No harm heroes.

Kate Bush

[0007]

6. How many more? Pile the bodies high!

Grass Bush

Pile the bodies high in Austerlitz and Waterloo Iraq
Shovel them under and let me work--
I am the grass; bush; I cover all.

And pile them high in Gettyburg Baghdad
And pile them high in Ypres and Vedum Mossoul and Al Fallaujah

Two years, ten years, and passengers ask the conductor:
What place is this?

I am the grass bush.
Let me work.

Carl Sandburg


Support the war - Donate a Son a daughter
The GOP working for a better America
God Bless America

[WhiteTara]

4. RIP John Thornton

IMPEACH GEORGE BUSH AND SEND THEM ALL TO THE HAGUE

[saigon68]

5. 'BRING EM ON" shouted the AWOL CHIMPANZEE

As he prepared to reward his friends with a HUGE ----- NO BID Defense Contract

[Binka]

7. I Knew About This Kid He Died With Adam Ben Is Going To His Funeral

In AZ when he returns from MN. I didn't say anything because the DOD had not released Johns name. Ben lost two dear buddies that day. Now two funerals in two weeks. Fucking war. DAMN BUSH TO FUCKING HELL.