May 29, 2017
Memorial Day
At the end of the American Civil War, 600,000
soldiers lay dead.
At the end of
the Indian Wars, 1540-1924, an unknown amount of Native Americans were dead;
over 50% from genocide.
At the end of
World War I, 70 Million persons lay dead.
At the end of
World War II, 72 Million persons lay dead.
At the end of
the Korean Conflict, almost 2 Million dead.
At the of the
Vietnam conflict, over 4 million lay dead.
At the end of
the Persian Gulf War, 4,000 to an unknown and un-cataloged amount of persons
died.
At the end of
the Iraq War (2003), over a million dead.
The Afghanistan
War, still ongoing, has claimed over 27,000 (documented) persons.
Let's let that
sink in.
War is never a
solution; it is a tragedy that sometimes is inevitable.
The following
is a list of soldiers that have left us far too early, and were under my direct
charge.
Gregory Sledd
Specialist/
Driver
Company D,
635th Armor (MBT)
Michael
Walmsley
Squad Leader
Company E, 1st
Engineer Battalion (Float Bridge)
Served with me
in Operation Desert Storm
December 1990
to May 1991
Defense of
Saudi Arabia/ Liberation of Kuwait
William J
Blake
Section
Sergeant
378th Highway
Regulation Team (MC)
Served with me
in Operation Iraqi Freedom
February 2003
to May 2004
Invasion of Iraq/
Occupation of Forward Areas
RIP my
brothers. The rest of us are coming.
Respectfully,
James M Culp
SFC, USAR
Retired
