Leave Nobody Behind - Nine

Leave Nobody Behind - Nine Marines died last week in an effort to rescue the POWs from the 507th Maintenance Company.

Sunday is the first time U.S. military officials revealed that Marines conducted a search-and-rescue operation to recover the wounded Army soldiers. All but one of the missing Marines was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, from Camp Lejeune, N.C.

The part that gets me - for the first time, I can really, truly identify with all the fathers who are wondering about their sons and daughters. It hit me with a bang a few weeks ago - my son is eight years away from being able to join the military. My stepson is well within military age.

And of course, we're all on the front lines anyway, whether we're in uniform or not.

We really need to win this one.

Posted by Mitch at April 1, 2003 04:39 PM