Alright today I want to talk about fallen soldiers of the wars. Being a military wife I have seen and heard first hand fallen soldiers that don’t get the recognition they need. I think there is more that we can do like this website I found. The website is Tribute to Dead Heroes: they This site was put together for all the heroes and newspaper articles on them of past wars, and I think we need to do that for are fallen soldiers including non military personal that died starting on 9-11. I think this would bring a lot of peace and comfort to their families. There was one fallen solider in my husband battalion. You might of heard about his death about 6 years ago or maybe not but, he was from around Joplin, joined the military like most to help pay for college and as soon as he got over there he got sick and died. What the rest of the world doesn’t know is that Josh N. I do not want to give his last name because it might give out a location on an army base. See, this fallen hero died of sickness but, he still was a hero and the battalion he was in named the base they where building after him. It would just be nice to give a little more to these families.
Fox news.com has a good article about a hero they say “NEW ORLEANS — Hugh Thompson Jr., a former Army helicopter pilot honored for rescuing Vietnamese civilians from his fellow GIs during the My Lai massacre, died early Friday. He was 62.” His story wasn’t really told until this article told it. It makes you wonder why we wait so long to give the recognition to those who deserve it. I ask you that when you run into a person and you know they are a war veteran, that you just say thank-you and listen to their response. The older ones will tell you thank-you and walk away without letting you know what they are really thinking. I only say this because I was at a doctor’s appointment one day and I say an elderly guy wearing a WWII hat on and I walked up to him and his wife and asked if I could have the honor of shaking his hand and he smiled for a second and said you must be a very young army wife and I said yes sir. He shook my hand and said thank-you then walked on for his appointment. I sat down and waited for my turn, while I was waiting his wife came out and was crying and came up to me and said thank-you. I was puzzled and said I am the one who should be thanking you two. She said that the day before her husband was ranting and raving like he had so many times before the day before saying that people today don’t appreciate anything anymore and when I said thank-you he realized there was hope for the future and that people did care about his sacrifices. I have been there before. Before I married my husband I never thought twice about the war and the affects it will always have the people who served and their families. So, take the time and say thank-you.
On the last story I will share with you what they have written and I leave you with the hero of the moment. The Edinburgh news published a story back in July 31, 2008 and reads: “Hero shot dead in Afghanistan had followed dad into Army. THE Edinburgh soldier killed this week in Afghanistan had followed his father's footsteps into the army. Sergeant Jonathan Mathews of The Highlanders, 4th Battalion the Royal Regiment was killed by a single gunshot while on foot patrol in southern Afghanistan. The 35-year-old followed his father, a soldier in the Royal Highland Fusiliers, into Army life. His parents, Anne and William Mathews, who lived in Penicuik when their son was born, now live in Irvine with their other son, David. Sgt Mathews' father told the Evening News: "We have no comments to make other than to say that he died doing what he loved and we are very proud of him."Writing on a tribute website Army colleague Dave Baxter, who trained with Sgt Mathews, described him as "a true friend and inspiration to all who knew him" and "a one in a million guy". It has emerged Sgt Mathews joined up at the age of 21 originally with the Royal Scots, and on completion of basic training was posted to Fort George, Inverness. A few years later, he was posted to Glencorse where he met his wife Shona. The couple later married at Edinburgh Castle.” I hope you remember the war is still going on and we still need your prayers to bring today’s heroes home!!
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