NEED to KNOW!!!! These Heroes!!!

[center:34dl8rf1]Jeremy E Christensen [/center:34dl8rf1]
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Las Vegas, Nevada
November 27, 2004
Age - 27, Military - Army, Rank - Spc, Unit/Location - 1st Squadron, 4th Armored Cavalry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Schweinfurt, Germany
Killed in Ad Duilayah, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his patrol vehicle.

Read the rest at: http://www.iraqwarheroes.com/christensenj.htm

[center:1qiwf0oe]Christian F. Schilt [/center:1qiwf0oe]
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March 19, 1895 – January 8, 1987 (aged 91)[/center:1qiwf0oe]

[center:1qiwf0oe]Medal of Honor recipient
Place of birth - Richland County, Illinois

Place of death - Norfolk, Virginia

Place of burial - Arlington National Cemetery

Allegiance - United States of America

Service/branch - United States Marine Corps

Years of service - 1917-1957

Rank - General

Commands held
MCAS Cherry Point
1st Marine Aircraft Wing
Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, Aviation

Battles/wars - World War I - World War II - Korean War

Awards - Medal of Honor - Distinguished Service Medal - Legion of Merit - Distinguished Flying Cross (2) - Bronze Star[/center:1qiwf0oe]

Christian Frank Schilt (March 19, 1895-January 8, 1987) was one of the first Marine Corps aviators and a recipient of the United States highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor. He received the Medal for using his biplane to evacuate wounded Marines under fire in Nicaragua.
In addition to his actions in Nicaragua he saw action in World War I, World War II, the Haitian and Nicaraguan campaigns and the Korean War. He retired after nearly 40 years of active service and was promoted to the rank of four-star general at retirement.

Read the rest of his story at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_F._Schilt

Sawaya Law Firm honors military mom, donates $250 to Colorado Freedom Memorial

Terry Cooper received the news that no mother of a serviceman should have to hear. Her son, Lt. Cpl. Thomas Slocum, was the first Colorado veteran killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. Since that time, this Gold Star Mother has reached out to every Colorado family she could locate who lost a son or daughter.

http://www.yourhub.com/denver/gold-star ... GsjfKN-ugc

Thank you, Becky, computer system was down this morning!

[center:ll1q8cj5]Neil A. Armstrong [/center:ll1q8cj5][center:ll1q8cj5] [/center:ll1q8cj5]

Neil Alden Armstrong (born August 5, 1930[1]) is an American former astronaut, test pilot, aerospace engineer, university professor, and United States Naval Aviator. He was the first person to set foot on the Moon.
Before becoming an astronaut, Armstrong was in the United States Navy and served in the Korean War. After the war, he served as a test pilot at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) High-Speed Flight Station, now known as the Dryden Flight Research Center, where he flew over 900 flights in a variety of aircraft. As a research pilot, Armstrong served as project pilot on the F-100 Super Sabre A and C variants, F-101 Voodoo, and the Lockheed F-104A Starfighter. He also flew the Bell X-1B, Bell X-5, North American X-15, F-105 Thunderchief, F-106 Delta Dart, B-47 Stratojet, KC-135 Stratotanker and Paresev. He graduated from Purdue University and the University of Southern California.

A participant in the U.S. Air Force's Man In Space Soonest and X-20 Dyna-Soar human spaceflight programs, Armstrong joined the NASA Astronaut Corps in 1962. His first spaceflight was the NASA Gemini 8 mission in 1966, for which he was the command pilot, becoming one of the first U.S. civilians to fly in space. On this mission, he performed the first manned docking of two spacecraft with pilot David Scott. Armstrong's second and last spaceflight was as mission commander of the Apollo 11 moon landing mission on July 20, 1969. On this mission, Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin descended to the lunar surface and spent 2½ hours exploring while Michael Collins remained in orbit in the Command Module. Armstrong was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Richard Nixon along with Collins and Aldrin, and was awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor by President Jimmy Carter in 1978.

Read his whole story at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Armstrong

[center:2ik5qyv2]SPECIAL EDITION [/center:2ik5qyv2]

Let’s not EVER FORGET these unsung HEROES.... (if this doesn’t being a tear to your eye, you have NO heart!)

Bomb-sniffing Army dog dies of broken heart after Taliban kill his master

L/Cpl Tasker was the 358th serviceman killed in the conflict while his dog Theo was the sixth British military hound to die in action in Iraq and Afghanistan.
In life, they were united in their tireless work saving countless British soldiers in Afghanistan.
In death, they were united in tragedy.
Shortly after Lance Corporal Liam Tasker was killed in a firefight with the Taliban, his devoted Army search dog Theo suffered a seizure and passed away too.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1362275/Bomb-sniffing-Army-dog-dies-broken-heart-Taliban-kill-master.html#ixzz1VVauG3bg


Another unsung Hero...


http://www.jbmf.us/medal-of-honor.asp



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War Dog Statue Arkansas War Memorial

[center:29fft4ct]Freddy Wayne Briggs [/center:29fft4ct]
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[center:29fft4ct]Pendleton, Oregon
Born 06/01/1943 Died 05/04/05
Age Military Rank Unit/Location
58 Air Force
Marines
Army Enlisted in the Military 3 Jun 1960 United States Marine Corps

Army National Guard Military Discharge 13 Dec 1984 Oregon[/center:29fft4ct]
Obituary from http://www.WoodburnIndependent.com
Briggs Freddy W. Briggs, 58, of Woodburn died May 4. Born June 1, 1943, in Pendleton, he served in the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Air Force during the Korean Conflict. He was shop supervisor for Erickson Tire Factory in Molalla. He lived in Salem, Aumsville and Silverton before moving to Woodburn in 1975. His interests included hunting, fishing and working on cars. He married Patricia Gustin July 26, 1971, in Vancouver, Wash. Survivors include his wife; daughters, Dorothy Willis of McMinnville and Penny Zeigler of Woodburn; sons, Charles Briggs of Colorado and Raymond Briggs of Woodburn; brothers, Donald, Calvin and Paul Briggs, all of Pendleton; sisters, Hazel Russell of La Grande and Carol Baldwin of Hermiston; and 10 grandchildren. Services will begin at 10:30 a.m. May 9 in Cornwell Colonial Chapel, Woodburn. Graveside service with military honors will be held 2:30 p.m. at Evergreen Cemetery, in Vancouver, Wash. Arrangements are by Cornwell Colonial Chapel, Woodburn.

http://www.koreanwarheroes.org/briggs.htm

[center:1qqnms78]Arthur Junior Jackson
Born October 18, 1924 (age 86) [/center:1qqnms78]
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[center:1qqnms78]Place of birth - Cleveland, Ohio[/center:1qqnms78]
[center:1qqnms78]Service/branch - United States Marine Corps & United States Army Reserve[/center:1qqnms78]
[center:1qqnms78]Years of service - 1943 - 1962 (Marine Corps) & 1962 - 1984 (Army Reserve)[/center:1qqnms78]
[center:1qqnms78]Rank - Captain[/center:1qqnms78]
[center:1qqnms78]Unit - 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines[/center:1qqnms78]
[center:1qqnms78]Battles/wars - World War II
*Battle of Cape Gloucester
*Battle of Peleliu
*Battle of Okinawa
Korean War[/center:1qqnms78]
[center:1qqnms78]Awards Medal of Honor - Purple Heart (2)[/center:1qqnms78]

Arthur J. Jackson was born in Cleveland, Ohio on October 18, 1924. He moved to Portland, Oregon with his parents in 1939, and completed Grant High School there. After graduation, he worked in Alaska for a naval construction company until November 1942, when he returned to Portland and enlisted in the United States Marine Corps at the age of eighteen.

In January 1943, he began his recruit training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, California, and soon thereafter joined the 1st Marine Division in Melbourne, Australia in June 1943. On January 13, 1944, while taking part in the Cape Gloucester campaign, he carried a wounded Marine to safety in the face of well-entrenched Japanese troops on the slope of a steep hill, thus saving the wounded man's life. For this action, he was awarded a Letter of Commendation.

Read the rest at : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_J._Jackson

[center:pgic9y45]Glenn R Allison [/center:pgic9y45][center:pgic9y45] [/center:pgic9y45]
[center:pgic9y45]Pittsfield, Massachusetts
December 18, 2003
Age Military Rank Unit/Location
24 Army Sgt 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division
Fort Drum, New York[/center:pgic9y45]
http://www.iraqwarheroes.org/2003/allison.htm

Read his story at : http://militarytimes.com/valor/army-sgt-glenn-r-allison/256977

The dog handlers always have such amazing stories. Thank you for taking the time to remind us of the bravery of our true American heroes.