Tuesday, April 24, 2007

82nd Airborne Division mourns their loss

It is a very sad day for the 82nd Airborne Division; they have lost 9 U.S. Paratroopers as a result of a suicide truck bombing in Iraq.

Twenty paratroopers from the same division were wounded in the blast, which was also the single greatest loss of life for American ground forces since Dec. 1 2005, when a roadside bomb killed 10 Marines and wounded 11 on a foot patrol near Fallujah.

The Paratroopers were members of the 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team at Fort Bragg. A civilian interpreter was also wounded in the attack.

Click here for the full story on this incident.

Fox News has a site titled, Fallen Heroes of Operation Iraqi Freedom listing the brave souls who have given their lives.

So many brave men and woman have lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan and each loss is felt dearly by all veterans, we feel it personally and we mourn just as those serving on active duty.

My thoughts and prayers are with their families.


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