3400 Reasons Why The DSM is Important

[brettdale]

There Have Been 3400 US Troops Killed in Iraq.

[BOSSHOG]

1. Meanwhile conservatives are choosing between Papajohn's and Domino's

[Whoa_Nelly]

2. The numbers climb so quickly

http://icasualties.org/oif/

:grr: :cry:

[partylessinOhio]

3. What number will be enough or too many?

First burial at Arlington National Cemetery for soldier killed in Iraq

By Robert Gehrke
ASSOCIATED PRESS
10:30 a.m., April 10, 2003




Sgt. 1st Class James MacKenzie plays "Taps" during the funeral of Army Ranger Capt. Russell B. Rippetoe at Arlington National Cemetery.

ARLINGTON, Va. – Capt. Russell B. Rippetoe was laid to rest Thursday at Arlington National Cemetery, the first soldier from the Iraqi conflict to be buried on the historic grounds.

Rippetoe, 27, an Army Ranger from Denver, and two other soldiers were killed April 4 when a car bomb exploded at an Iraqi checkpoint.

Another Ranger who was wounded in the incident was bandaged and witnessed the service from a wheelchair. Another, injured in a seperate incident in Iraq, was on crutches with a heavy knee brace.

Eight Rangers from his unit, wearing khaki berets and blinking back tears, were honorary pallbearers.

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