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Captain Robert Secher was killed last month in Iraq. A man who wanted so much to be a Marine that he went to boot camp at 17 is being mourned in Germantown. Taps sounded at the West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery yesterday for Captain Robert Michael Secher, who was killed by a sniper’s bullet in Iraq. At Secher’s funeral at Temple […]
Read moreExeprt from Marine Felt Calling After 9/11 Attacks, by Leef Smith of the Washington Post: Tuesday, September 12, 2006; Colin Wolfe was in sixth grade, fixated on girls, sports and the challenges of being a preteen, when a group of Marines visited his Manassas elementary school. He returned to his Manassas home that afternoon with their presentation swimming in his […]
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The Jewish War Veterans of the USA, has a program to sponsor a Yahrzeit for any fallen Jewish comrade who has died in Iraq or Afghanistan. In order to facilitate this process they need the permission of the surviving family. If you or anyone you know can provide the contact information of surviving families of, Army SGT Michael B. Shackelford […]
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Along with the good news, there is unfortunately more bad news out of Iraq. Two more Jewish service members were killed in action recently. Sergeant Howard Paul Allen was on a convoy mission when an IED was detonated under his vehicle. Sergeant Allen was a great Soldier, devoted husband, and father to four beautiful children. He was a Navy veteran […]
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