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Wednesday Hero
2008-07-23 14:00:00 This Weeks Hero Was Suggested By Toni 1st LT. Frank B. Walkup, IV 23 years old from Woodbury, Tennessee 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division June 16, 2007 Toni already has a great post up on her site, so I’ll just link to it. These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives ...
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2008-07-16 02:00:00 Spc. Kisha Makerney 23 years old from Fort Towson, Oklahoma 120th Engineers, Oklahoma Army National Guard Spc. Kisha Mackerney isn’t being profiled today because of something she did on the battlefield. She’s being profiled because her spirit and determination. In 2002, Makerney joined the Oklahoma Army National Guard out of a sense of patriotism, because, as ...
Wednesday Hero
2008-07-02 12:00:00 Click Image For Full SizeLance Cpl. Julie Martinez Lance Cpl. Julie Martinez, a radio operator with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, checks the communication capabilities during a backload of Marines from Combat Logistics Regiment 3 to the USS Essex June 9. These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy ...
Wednesday Hero
2008-06-25 07:00:00 This Weeks Hero Was Suggested by Mary Ann Staff Sgt. Jude Voss 1st Battalion, 3d Special Forces Group (Airborne)
Wednesday Hero Petty Officer 2nd Class Adam F. Kenney
2008-06-04 20:20:00 Petty Officer 2nd Class Adam F. Kenney Petty Officer 2nd Class Adam F. Kinney, a Navy Corpsman with Company E, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1, gives an Iraqi Child a shot during a routine patrol. Kinney is assigned to Echo Co. for their seven-month deployment and will return to his parent command, ...
Wednesday Hero
2008-06-04 14:00:00 Petty Officer 2nd Class Adam F. Kenney Petty Officer 2nd Class Adam F. Kinney, a Navy Corpsman with Company E, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1, gives an Iraqi Child a shot during a routine patrol. Kinney is assigned to Echo Co. for their seven-month deployment and will return to his parent command, ...
Wednesday Hero
2008-05-28 16:29:00 Gen. Benjamin S. Griffin General Benjamin S. Griffin, commanding general, U.S. Army Materiel Command, talks with Brig. Gen. Shallal Abdul Rasool Habeeb These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero. We Should Not ...
Wednesday Heroes
2008-05-21 16:00:00 Sgt. John F. Thomas(Right) & Sgt. Ronnie L. Shelley, Sr.(Left) 33 & 34 years old from Valdosta, Georgia 2nd Battalion, 121st Infantry Regiment, 48th Infantry Brigade, Georgia Army National Guard July 24, 2005 & July 30, 2005
Wednesday Hero
2008-05-14 16:29:00 This Weeks Hero Was Suggested By Cindy Petty Officer 2nd Class Chris Davila From Sierra Vista, Arizona
Wednesday Hero Petty Officer 2nd Class Chris Davila
2008-05-14 13:28:00 This Weeks Hero Was Suggested By Cindy Petty Officer 2nd Class Chris Davila From Sierra Vista, Arizona On the sixth anniversary of the terrorist attack on the United States, Petty Officer 2nd Class Chris Davila raised an American flag over Camp Korean Village, Iraq, he brought with him from Arizona. Tuesday, May 6, 2008, Sierra Vista firefighter and emergency ...
Wednesday Hero?s CSM Prosser and LTC Kurilla
2008-05-07 20:19:00 CSM Robert Prosser and LTC Erik Kurilla 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment (Deuce Four) LTC. Erik Kurilla and CSM. Robert Prosser’s story is an amazing one. One that Michael Yon has told far better than I ever could. Warning. The site contains very graphic images. Some may want to turn off images before ...
Wednesday Heroes
2008-05-07 16:33:00 UPDATE The link should be fixed now. CSM Robert Prosser and LTC Erik Kurilla 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment (Deuce Four) LTC. Erik Kurilla and CSM. Robert Prosser’s story is an amazing one. One that Michael Yon has told far better than I ever could. Warning. The site contains very graphic images. Some may want ...
Wednesday Hero
2008-04-30 16:27:00 This Weeks Hero Was Suggested By Mary Ann Wednesday Hero was started to put a face to the men and women of the American Armed Forces and what they do for us. Vary rarely has there been a member of a foreign military profiled. In fact, in the two years Wednesday Hero’s been going ...
Wednesday Hero Lance Corporal Matt Croucher
2008-04-30 13:50:00 This Weeks Hero Was Suggested By Mary Ann Wednesday Hero was started to put a face to the men and women of the American Armed Forces and what they do for us. Vary rarely has there been a member of a foreign military profiled. In fact, in the two years Wednesday Hero’s been going ...
Wednesday Hero
2008-04-23 16:35:00 Click To Enlarge Cpl. Markbradley Vincze gives students from al-Raqhaa School backpacks in the Monsouri area of Iraq. Soldiers from Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1-76th FA, 4th BCT, 3rd Inf. Div., delivered backpacks, soccer balls and notebooks. These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get ...
Wednesday Hero
2008-04-16 16:35:00 Maj. Mark E. Rosenberg 32 years old from Miami Lakes, Florida 3rd Battalion, 29th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division April 8, 2008
Wednesday Hero
2008-04-16 15:15:00 Maj. Mark E. Rosenberg32 years old from Miami Lakes, Florida3rd Battalion, 29th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry DivisionApril 8, 2008Mark Rosenberg grew up in South Florida. "All boy," his aunt, Madelyn Rosenberg, remembers. "Very active, but very lovable." As long as she can recall, Maj. Rosenberg wanted a military career like his father, Burton Rosenberg, had.He attended New Mexico Military Institute and entered the Army in 1996. Later, he met a woman, Julie, and theymarried one day after his sister's wedding. He and Julie had two boys, now 3 and 22 months. They settled in Colorado near Fort Carson, where he was assigned to the 4th Infantry Division.Maj. Rosenberg was on his second tour of duty when the Humvee he was riding in was struck by an IED in Baghdad."He would say he's over there to do a job," Madelyn Rosenberg remembered. "He loved what he was doing."Thesebrave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the fr...
Wednesday Hero Maj. Mark E. Rosenberg
2008-04-15 16:52:00 Maj. Mark E. Rosenberg 32 years old from Miami Lakes, Florida 3rd Battalion, 29th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division April 8, 2008 Mark Rosenberg grew up in South Florida. “All boy,” his aunt, Madelyn Rosenberg, remembers. “Very active, but very lovable.” As long as she can recall, Maj. Rosenberg wanted a military career like ...
Wednesday Hero
2008-04-09 16:51:00 Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael T. Williams (Click Image For Full Size) Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael T. Williams, a kennel master with Task Force Military Police, 1st Battalion, 10th Marines, and his dog “Kitt”, search for ordnance and firearms during a route reconnaissance operation through the western Anbar province of Iraq April 1. The dog handlers ...
Wednesday Hero Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael T. Williams
2008-04-08 14:45:00 Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael T. Williams (Click Image For Full Size) Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael T. Williams, a kennel master with Task Force Military Police, 1st Battalion, 10th Marines, and his dog “Kitt”, search for ordnance and firearms during a route reconnaissance operation through the western Anbar province of Iraq April 1. The dog handlers ...
Wednesday Hero
2008-04-02 16:31:00 This Weeks Hero Was Suggested By Mary Ann Spc. Jeffrey Jamaleldine Company C, 1st Battalion, 77th Armor
Wednesday Hero
2008-03-31 17:21:00 This Weeks Hero Was Suggested By Mary AnnSpc. Jeffrey JamaleldineCompany C, 1st Battalion, 77th Armor"How can I say to my sons, stand up for something, fight for what you think is right, if I don't do anything myself?"The Jeffrey Jamaleldine that you speak to today is a complete 180 from the Jeffrey Jamaleldine that you would have spoke to in the past. In 1991, Jamaleldin was living in Germany when joined in anti-American protests on Berlin's Kurfürstendamm boulevard during Operation Desert Storm. "That was the way it was back then," he says. He was 15 and "America was simply the enemy." And today, Jeffery Jamaleldine is a wounded veteran of the U.S. Army. On June 6, 2005, after the terror bombing in Madrid, Spain, in the middle of the Iraq war, he showed up at the U.S. Army recruiting office in Little Rock, Arkansas, to enlist. His father, Bashir, told him at the time: "Son, this won't be a picnic."On June 30, Jamaleldine was on patrol in Ramadi, Iraq. The patrol ahead of h...
SSgt Matt Maupin Found
2008-03-31 16:58:00 In April of last year, Wednesday Hero profiled SSgt. Keith “Matt” Maupin who had went missing in Iraq in April of 2004. Sad news. SSg. Maupin’s remains have been found. “My heart sinks, but I know they can’t hurt him anymore,” Keith Maupin said after receiving word about the remains of his son, who ...
Wednesday Hero
2008-03-26 16:05:00 This Weeks Hero Was Suggested by Kathi Soldiers’ Angels Living Legends Team May No Soldier Go Unloved Living Legends began in May 2005 with a very small team of seven dedicated angels. The team’s mission was to let the families and friends of fallen heroes know that we were here to support them and to honor their loved ...
Wednesday Hero Army Spc. Monica Lin Brown
2008-03-19 17:19:00 Spc. Monica Lin Brown 19 years old from Lake Jackson, Texas 4th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team Army Spc. Monica Lin Brown has done something only a very few female soldiers in American history have ever done. She’s been awarded the Silver Star. Brown saved the lives of fellow soldiers after a roadside bomb tore through ...
Wednesday Hero
2008-03-19 15:31:00 Spc. Monica Lin Brown 19 years old from Lake Jackson, Texas 4th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team
Wednesday Hero
2008-03-12 15:40:00 Sgt. Steve Morin Jr. 34 years old from Arlington, Texas 111th Engineer Battalion, 36th Infantry Division, Texas Army National Guard September 28, 2005
Wednesday Hero Sgt. Steve Morin Jr.
2008-03-11 17:36:00 Sgt. Steve Morin Jr. 34 years old from Arlington, Texas 111th Engineer Battalion, 36th Infantry Division, Texas Army National Guard September 28, 2005 From the time he finished high school, Sgt. Steve Morin Jr. made serving in the military his career. “He always stood up for what he thought was right,” Gwendolyn Michelle Morin, his wife, said. “He was a ...
Wednesday Hero
2008-03-05 16:44:00 Pictured Left to Right Chief Warrant Officer Mark O’Steen, 43 years old from Ozark, Alabama Chief Warrant Officer Thomas Gibbons, 31 years old from Prince Frederick, Maryland Staff Sgt. Daniel L. Kisling Jr., 31 years old from Neosho, Missouri SSgt. Gregory M. Frampton, 37 years old from Fresno, California 1st Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regimen January 30, 2003
Wednesday Hero?s
2008-03-04 14:14:00 Pictured Left to Right Chief Warrant Officer Mark O’Steen, 43 years old from Ozark, Alabama Chief Warrant Officer Thomas Gibbons, 31 years old from Prince Frederick, Maryland Staff Sgt. Daniel L. Kisling Jr., 31 years old from Neosho, Missouri SSgt. Gregory M. Frampton, 37 years old from Fresno, California 1st Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regimen January 30, 2003 “They succeeded where ...
Wednesday Hero
2008-02-27 16:22:00 Navy Chief Special Warfare Operator (SEAL) Michael E. Koch 29 years old from State College, Pennsylvania East Coast-based SEAL team February 4, 2008
Wednesday Hero Navy SEAL Michael E. Koch
2008-02-27 15:19:00 Navy Chief Special Warfare Operator (SEAL) Michael E. Koch 29 years old from State College, Pennsylvania East Coast-based SEAL team February 4, 2008 “There are only approximately 2,500 SEALs in the Navy and they really are a brotherhood,” said Naval Special Warfare spokesman Lt. David Luckett. “This is another unfortunate reminder of the risks and sacrifices these amazing warriors ...
Wednesday Hero
2008-02-20 16:24:00 Navy Chief Special Warfare Operator (SEAL) Nathan H. Hardy 29 years old from Durham, New Hampshire East Coast-based SEAL team February 4, 2008
Wednesday Hero
2008-02-13 15:34:00 Cpl. Ryan J. Buckley 21 years old from Nokomis, Illinois 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne (Air Assault) June 26, 2006
Wednesday Hero
2008-02-13 13:00:00 Cpl. Ryan J. Buckley21 years old from Nokomis, Illinois2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne (Air Assault)June 26, 2006"His platoon leaders described him as the type of soldier every leader wants: A very talented, dedicated soldier, who did everything that was asked of him." That's what Lt. Col. Greg Butts, commander of the Army's 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, said about Cpl. Ryan J. Buckley at his memorial service. "I'm glad I could come here. It was an opportunity to recognize one of my great soldiers."Cpl. Buckley lost his life on June 26, 2006 when an IED detonated near his Humvee during combat operations in Baghdad. "I held him while he died," Spc. Richard Morris, a fellow soldier who was wounded in the attack, said after the service. "He was my best friend. This nation has lost a hell of a soldier."Ryan Buckley, a 2003 graduate of Hillsboro High School, was attending Lincoln Land Community Colle...
Wednesday Hero Robert S. Cone
2008-02-06 19:11:00 This week’s hero is a good one. Robert Cone is the second Cousin of Wednesday Hero’s partner in crime, Greta. Robert S. Cone 85 years old from Delray Beach, Florida 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division Surrounded by family, feted by a U.S. congressman and a Veterans of Foreign Wars color guard, one of the few surviving members ...
Wednesday Hero
2008-02-06 16:29:00 This week’s hero is a good one. Robert Cone is the second Cousin of Wednesday Hero’s partner in crime, Greta. Robert S. Cone 85 years old from Delray Beach, Florida 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division
Wednesday Hero
2008-02-06 13:30:00 This week's hero is a good one. Robert Cone is the second Cousin of Wednesday Hero's partner in crime, Greta.Robert S. Cone85 years old from Delray Beach, Florida506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne DivisionSurrounded by family, feted by a U.S. congressman and a Veterans of Foreign Wars color guard, one of the few surviving members of the "Filthy Thirteen" was honored on October 8, 2006 in a backyard on Massapoag Avenue.Robert S. Cone, 85, now of Delray Beach, Fla., finally received the 13 military medals he was due for his service on D-Day during World War II, including the Bronze Star, Purple Heart, POW medal and Presidential Unit Citation."To tell you the truth, I never expected it. I'm very honored to get it and really feel good about it," Cone said."He's finding it an honor, and he's a little embarrassed, to be honest," said Cone's son, Edward R. Cone, 45, who hosted the family barbecue that included a visit from U.S. Rep. Stephen F. Lynch.Only a few members...
Giuliani Is Gone + WHB
2008-01-31 17:02:00 Huckabee is the man of God. He’d better start praying for a miracle on Tuesday. And to kill two birds with one stone, I want to remind everyone to check out the Wednesday Hero Blogroll. There are a lot of blogs signed up for your reading enjoyment.
Wednesday Hero - SSgt. Justin R. Whiting
2008-01-30 16:59:00 SSgt. Justing R. Whiting 27 years old from Hancock, New York 3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) January 19, 2008 Staff Sgt. Justin R. Whiting, a Special Forces medical sergeant sustained fatal wounds when his vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive devise 16 kilometers south of Mosul, Iraq. He is survived by his mother, Estelline, of Colorado Springs, ...
Wednesday Hero
2008-01-30 16:22:00 SSgt. Justing R. Whiting 27 years old from Hancock, New York 3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) January 19, 2008
Wednesday Hero Capt. Lyle L. Gordon
2008-01-23 18:48:00 Airmen from the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron at an air base in Southwest Asia prepare a C-17 Globemaster III for an airdrop mission Jan. 14 to deliver humanitarian supplies to coalition forces in Afghanistan These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy ...
Wednesday Hero
2008-01-23 16:40:00 Airmen from the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron at an air base in Southwest Asia prepare a C-17 Globemaster III for an airdrop mission Jan. 14 to deliver humanitarian supplies to coalition forces in Afghanistan These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy ...
Wednesday Hero
2008-01-16 16:32:00 Cpl. Phillip E. Baucus 28 years old from Wolf Creek, Montana 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force July 29, 2006
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2008-01-09 18:15:00 Sgt. Frank T. Carvill51 years old from Carlstadt, New Jersey3rd Battalion, 112th Field ArtilleryJune 04, 2004When Frank T. Carvill told his sister he had been called up to go to Iraq, she was stunned. "Gee, Frank, are you going to be part of the AARP battalion?" she teased.Carvill joined the Guard in the 80's out of a sense of patriotism. He was a devoted big brother to Peggy Liguori, who still remembers how as kids, he took her to see “Blue Hawaii” and “Born Free” at the movies. He was the longtime pal to Rick Rancitelli who admired Carvill’s “million-dollar vocabulary” and his writing and public speaking skills. In 1993. Sgt. Carvill was working in the WTC as a paralegal when it was attacked. He helped a co-worker down 54 floors to safety. In 2001, he was still working at the WTC. He had just left the North Tower moments before the first plane hit.Sgt. Carvill was killed when his convoy was attacked outside of Baghdad.These brave men and women sacrifice so muc...
Wednesday Hero Sgt. Frank T. Carvill
2008-01-09 17:59:00 Sgt. Frank T. Carvill 51 years old from Carlstadt, New Jersey 3rd Battalion, 112th Field Artillery June 04, 2004 When Frank T. Carvill told his sister he had been called up to go to Iraq, she was stunned. “Gee, Frank, are you going to be part of the AARP battalion?” she teased. Carvill joined the Guard in the 80’s ...
Wednesday Hero
2008-01-09 16:29:00 Sgt. Frank T. Carvill 51 years old from Carlstadt, New Jersey 3rd Battalion, 112th Field Artillery June 04, 2004
Wednesday Hero
2008-01-02 15:00:00 1st Sgt. Eric Crayton From Sparta, Georgia Sgt. Eric Crayton, the first sergeant for the Extension Detachment, Company C, Special Troops Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, serving Christmas dinner to Soldiers at the Pegasus Dining Facility at Camp Liberty, Iraq. These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we ...
Wednesday Hero
2008-01-02 14:49:00 1st Sgt. Eric CraytonFrom Sparta, GeorgiaSgt. Eric Crayton, the first sergeant for the Extension Detachment, Company C, Special Troops Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, serving Christmas dinner to Soldiers at the Pegasus Dining Facility at Camp Liberty, Iraq.These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People LivedThis post is part of the Wednesday Hero Blogroll. For more information about Wednesday Hero, or if you would like to post it on your blog, you can go here.DeMediacratic Nation Blogrolls
Wednesday Hero on Monday - Christmas
2007-12-24 15:50:00 This week's hero was suggested by Cindy & KathiEach year, around this time, since 1992, the Arlington National Cemetery has something happen to it. It gets covered in vibrant green Christmas wreaths. The wreaths are donated by a man named Merrill Worcester who is the owner of the Worcester Wreath Co. in Maine. From the Worcester Wreath Co.'s website:Each year Worcester Wreath donates Maine wreaths to adorn the headstones of those who serve and those who sacrificed to preserve our freedoms. In 2007, over 10,000 wreaths are destined for the annual wreath-laying ceremonies at Arlington. In addition, 2,500 wreaths will be sent to Togus National Cemetery in Augusta, Maine. Worcester Wreath also donates ceremonial wreaths that will be used as part of the Wreaths Across America events at over 230 State and National veterans cemeteries all across the Country.Sometimes a hero is one who sacrifices everything in their life to help others. And sometimes a hero is one who sacrifices n... |
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