Echo Taps
Danny Boy
Amazing
Grace*
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Echo Taps
Danny Boy
Amazing
Grace*
* "Amazing Grace - Fallen Heroes" At 2:07 into this video is
a photo of the funeral of
Andrew J. Bacevich.
Prominent gentleman with white hair/red tie in upper right of photo is his
father, also named Andrew (webmaster's USMA classmate).
Here is an article from the father:
"I Lost My Son to a War I Oppose. We Were Both Doing Our Duty."
"...to care for him
who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and orphan...."
Abraham Lincoln, 2nd Inaugural Address
"Flowers At The Wall" - copyright courtesy Joe Palmer
US Dept of Defense reports on battle and in-service
deaths*
Revolutionary War (1775-1783): 4,435
War of 1812 (1812-1815): 2,260
Indian Wars (approx 1817-1898): 1,000
Mexican War (1846-1848): 13,283
Civil War (1861-1865): 498,332
Spanish-American War (1898-1902): 2,446
World War I (1917-1918): 116,516
World War II (1940-1945): 405,399
Korean War (1950-1953): 36,574
Vietnam War (1964-1975): 58,209
Gulf War (1990-1991): 382
Afghanistan War (2001-Present): 1596+
Iraq War (2003-Present): 4,454+
* consensus of various, sometimes conflicting reports
Deceased Members of Post
Accolti, James -- Vietnam
Klus, Raymond A -- Korea
Knapp, Otto A -- Korea
Kriz, James -- Vietnam
Sowa, Casimir J
Urzedowski, Edward T -- Korea
Colletti, Dominic C -- WW II
Duncan, James
Vesota Vito -- WW II
Bressler, Jerome -- WW II
Stewart, Paul V
Grassi, Carlo -- WW II
Imburgia, Ignatius J -- WW II
Ross, Stanley -- WW II
Votruba, Lawrence F -- WW II
Borghese, Julius -- WWII
Thank-you Letter for Funeral Services Honor Guard
"Sgt. Jean Claude Nolan, formerly of Bloomingdale, ... lost his life
[car crash, KC, MO] December
1st, 2008, just shy of his 30th birthday.
J.C. immediately volunteered for the Marine Corps after the events of September
11, 2001. He served with the Intelligence
Unit of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, 1st Marine Division, volunteering
for two combat tours in Iraq with the Horn of Africa,
a military operation designed to combat terrorism. J.C. rose to the rank
of Sergeant in the Marine Corps and was individually
recognized and decorated by the Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, for his
service in Iraq and also received the Joint Service
Achievement Medal. [On June 11, 2011] local Marine representatives
[raised] a special flag that was flown at the White House
in memory of Jean Claude and a special memorial [was] placed on the site [Tom
Kelly Fields, Springfield Park].
Over 300 youngsters [gathered] in their baseball
uniforms to join the Bloomingdale Bulldogs in honoring Sgt. Jean Claude."
-- VBA
Here is another version of
Amazing Grace -
Remembrance.
Thanks
to the West Point Glee Club for "Mansions of the Lord" performance.
Kindly purchase from iTunes or Amazon the Original Motion Picture End Credits
version.
Visit virtual cemetery of USMA '69
Veterans Information
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