Last Letters Home (to children)

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_5860.shtml

Here are excerpts from the last letters of fallen U.S. soldiers to their children.

Marine Staff Sgt. Russell Slay, 28, of Humble, Texas, who was killed Nov. 9 in Fallujah when his armored vehicle was attacked by insurgents, wrote the following in his last letter home to his daughter Kinlee, 9, and son Walker, 5.

"Tell Kinlee that I love her and never knew what life was before she was born ... She'll always be Daddy's little girl ... Daddy will always be with her and watching out for her. I'll miss you. Hugs and Kisses."

To Walker, "You're the sweetest little man. Be studious, stay in school and stay away from the military. I mean it. Always be a man. If you make mistakes, stand up and say so."

State by State: The Children Who Lost a Parent in War

http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_5859.shtml

War losses for families with children by the numbers:

Number of U.S. troops killed in Iraq who had children: 429

Number of children born after their parent died in the war: At least 34

Number of U.S. military mothers who died in the war: At least 6

http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_5861.shtml

[Kindigger]

1. What creeps me out

Watching those local TV commercials with soldiers in Iraq. They wish their families "Merry Christmas, and see you soon". It just gives me the jeebies. :-(

[DELUSIONAL]

2. As a military brat -- fathers come home soul sick

and not the same person who left.

These kids have an idealized but now dead parent thanks to the chicken hawks -- even so they'd probably want a parent who is "soul sick".