Fourteen names on a black granite wall

  • May 28, 2012 5:33 AM PDT

    Men with whom I served.
     

    Randall Moore
    Mattherew Renfro
    John Flynn
    Raymond Benson
    Ed Scahill
    Jerry Daw
    Peter Dube
    Ron Bumpus
    John Ward
    Mark Neumann
    Willie Farmer
    George Lee

    Friends from high school:
     

    Mike Bludworth
    George Dusch
     


     

    Rest in peace, Brothers.
     

    Freedom is not free.
     

    • 9 posts
    May 28, 2012 5:55 AM PDT

    Sorry for your loss, Rex.  No one should have to remember that many lost friends.  But thank you for remembering them on this Memorial Day!  They live on, by acts such as this.  It costs some of us, more than others. 
    But freedom has NEVER, been free.  And those men knew that.  I want to thank them, too...

    Ride Free 
    Tweek

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    May 28, 2012 1:37 PM PDT
    I want to thank them, too...
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    May 28, 2012 3:00 PM PDT
    Me too, I always go out of my way to thank a veteran and will proudly wear my new 7% patch! Our freedom has had the highest price paid by our Veterans, I sincerely thank each and every one of them.
  • May 28, 2012 4:17 PM PDT
    To fallen soldiers let us sing,

    Where no rockets fly nor bullets wing,

    Our broken brothers let us bring

    To the Mansions of the Lord.


    No more bleeding, no more fight,

    No prayers pleading through the night,

    Just divine embrace, eternal light

    In the Mansions of the Lord.


    Where no mothers cry and no children weep,

    We will stand and guard though the angels sleep,

    All through the ages safely keep

    The Mansions of the Lord.

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    May 29, 2012 12:29 AM PDT
    From one Rex to another, Feeling some of your pain friend. Rest in Peace Gentlemen, your sacrifice 'Has Not Been Forgotten.'
  • May 29, 2012 1:57 AM PDT
    My humble thanks for your sacrifice for MY Freedom...
  • May 29, 2012 2:34 AM PDT
    Amen!
    May I add to the list...
    Cpl James Dominic Youngham

    Soldier, Son, Brother, Uncle, Friend
    RIP Uncle Poog
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    May 29, 2012 3:54 AM PDT
    always respectful to those who serve...past,present,future......i thank you.
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    May 30, 2012 3:14 PM PDT
    Sorry for the loss of your friends Rexbo......words alone will never do, but just know I feel your pain as I to have lost a few.
    Dragon
    70 - 71
  • May 30, 2012 4:23 PM PDT
    We are indebted to you and all who serve.