Thank You, Memorial Day 2012

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During the Memorial Day Weekend I started wondering about all the men and women who had lost their lives in the eleven wars Americans have fought in. Each person who lost his, or her life was a unique individual. A person God created with a face, personality and soul like none other. Each fallen soldier was someone?s son, brother, dad, sister, wife or mother. They should not be a forgotten memory. They were real flesh and blood with the same wants and needs of you and me. The only difference, they choose to shield and defend our right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

As we celebrate our freedom during this holiday, let us not forget those who gave their own lives, so I would be free to write these words. This blog is in honor of all who have died defending our country.


*The Revolutionary War ? 1775 to 1783

Nearly 5000 men lost.


*The War of 1812 ? 1812 to 1815

Over 2000 lost.


*The Mexican War ? 1846 to 1848

Over 13,000 lost.


*The American Civil War – 1861 to 1865

In the bloodiest conflict in the history of America, nearly 700,000 lives were lost.


*The Spanish-American War – 1898

Over 2000 lost.


*World War 1 ? 1917 to 1918

Over 116,000 lost.


*World War 11 ? 1941 to 1945

Nearly 400,000 lost.


*The Korean Conflict ? 1950 to 1953

Over 36,000 lost


*The Vietnam Conflict ? 1964 to 1973

Nearly 60,000 men and women lost their lives.


*The Gulf War ? 1990 to 1991

The U.S. lost 382 lives.


*The Iraq War ? 2003 to present

So far nearly 4500 lives have been lost.


If you total the causalities in all the above wars these past 237 years, then add the other conflicts in Grenada, Panama, Mogadishu, and the Balkans the total is over 1,346,000+ men and women who have perished to protect the freedom of each and every man, woman and child in this great United States of America.

Saying thank you to the families who are left behind without a son, daughter, dad or mom seems so small. But if we all remember these fallen warriors, then the thank you will grow and increase in meaning. We should never take our freedom for granted, because over one million, three hundred forty six men and women were thinking of us when they laid down their lives. May God bless our service men and women, and their families who sacrifice so much.


Isaiah 65:25

The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: And dust shall be the serpent?s meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord.





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