SOS: Save our soldiers
November 11th is Veterans Day and Remembrance Day
During the past two years, the US military has lost more men and women to suicide than it has to combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. [ABC News]
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Factoid: In 2008 in the U.S.A., there were about 14,500 murders and 30,000 suicides.
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Once upon a time
My lifetime interest and pride in the military of the United States is rooted in my own service. At the time, military service was mandatory through a draft. I was not smart enough or rich enough so I served two years in the Army.
My basic training and clerk school was at Fort Jackson, SC, beginning in 1960 after high school graduation. I then spent the balance of my two years at Fort Clayton, Panama Canal Zone, as a clerk in an Army stockade (jail).
Fortunately, I avoided the Cuban missile crisis which extended duty to over two years for many, and the Vietnam fiasco; both started right after my discharge in late 1962. Nonetheless, all the veterans who served honorably have my deepest respect as do all on active duty today.
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Lest we forget
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Click here for the current totals of War Casualties for the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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