Hero Stories for April 2010

Born: October 18, 1983 in Topeka, Kansas Died: October 18, 2005 in Mosul, Iraq Cpl Lucas A Frantz of Tonganoxie, Kansas was a 2002 graduate of Tonganoxie High School where he was an outstanding football player as an offensive lineman and linebacker. He was a 2001 all-conference player. His former team retired his football number during [.

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You don't know, but I am the mom who cries every morning and hopes every night for his safe return. I am the mom that drags herself out of bed every morning so that he will be proud of her when he comes home. You don't know but I am the mom with a million things to say, but none will come out without the thought of him. I am the mom who checks her phone every 5 seconds just to make sure I haven't missed his call. I am the mom who stops and stares and wishes for him to return soon each and eve...

Born: September 9, 1986 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky Died: April 8, 2010 in Landstuhl, Germany Pfc. Jonathon D. Hall, Chattanooga, Tennessee attended Northwest High School briefly while living in Anchorage, Alaska where he grew up. He joined the Army in October 2008 where he was serving as a combat medic. His awards and decorations include, The [.

[caption id="attachment_3485" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="LAPD Officers at Arlingon National Cemetary at the Tomb of The Unknowns "][/caption] Members of the Los Angeles Police Department salute at the Tomb of the Unknowns this morning for the playing of Taps during a wreath-laying ceremony conducted for Marine Sgt. Maj. Robert J. Cottle, a Marine reservist and member of the LAPD's SWAT team who was killed in Afghanistan last month and is being buried at Arlington this afternoon....

The mine resistant ambush protected all terrain vehicle, or M-ATV, is on its way to Afghanistan to replace the up-armored Humvee. "It will not be too long before we will be able to get everybody who can be out of the up-armored Humvee into the MRAP ATV," said Vice Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. General Peter W. Chiarel

One Video, One Voice Posted by Dave Murphy at 11:16pm yesterday ONE VIDEO, ONE VOICE YOUTUBE VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtIl3l... I've made a lot of tribute videos in the last three years and I've seen a lot of amazing tribute videos done for our military by other members and I thought to myself how amazing it would be to bring these all together on one video. Also, to give people a video that they can leave a written comment on in thanks to our service men and women or post a vid...

[caption id="attachment_3475" align="alignleft" width="246" caption="LCPL Jeremiah Savage"][/caption] My son LCPL Jeremiah Savage was Kia on May 12 2004. He truly lived his dream. He wanted nothing more than to be a Marine. Since his death I have talked with many of his brothers who also miss him so much . As we draw close to the 6 year date of his death here on earth we are also waiting anxiously for his younger brother LCPL Jon to return home from Afghanist

I am the mother of USMC SGT JAMES R. GRAHAM III, who gave his life in Iraq on August 1, 2005, fighting for our freedom.  We knew from 9/11 that he would eventually leave us to fight, he was chomping at the bit to go.  We never discouraged his want, even though her would leave behind not only his father &amp; I, but his wife and two sons.  He felt it was his duty to make sure they grew up in a land where you didn't have to worry about terrorists.  He left in January 2005, and promised me he wo...

(This is a GREAT list posted by Vickie Fleck from her Marine Moms Facebook page.) AFGHANISTAN SUPPLIES Below is a list of items that our Marines need in Afghanistan, in particular those that are at FOBs (Forward Operating Bases) as opposed to one of the main bases. The biggest differences between the FOBs and the main bases are, for the most part, no PX (where they buy the things they need), no laundry (they’re doing laundry out of ammo cans, and more likely than not no showers. I don’t know ...