Today as I put up my new Flag, I became saddened with the thought of those who were left behind, those that paid the ultimate price, all those that fell before, and all those that died from injuries after their wars.
I wondered just how many U.S. Soldiers died to secure the freedoms we have today, and how many died after the wars, due to injuries sustained during the wars. I saluted my new flag for the first time, and saluted my old flag for the next to the last time, after I folded her up for the last time.
As I look around my neighborhood, I saw only three other American Flags Flying. I wonder if there families served, or died in any wars ? I wonder if any of them are worth *_*_*_*_*_* ! memorial days the first day of summer
I proceeded to look for those answers to the questions in my mind, and I found the following,
The American Revolution 1775-1783 4,435 Soldiers Died in Combat, out true Freedom Fighters !
The War of 1812 1812-1815 2,260 American Soldiers Died in Combat, Our Protectors of Freedom !
Franco Indian War 1817-1898 1,001 American Soldiers Died in Combat
Mexican American War 1846-18481,733 American Soldiers Died in Combat
Civil War 1861-1865214,938 American Soldiers Died in Combat
The Spanish American War 1898-1902385 American Soldiers Died In Combat
World War I 1917-1918 53,402 American Soldiers Died in Combat
World War II 1940-1945291,557 American Soldiers Died in Combat
The Korean War 1950-195333,741 American Soldiers Died in Combat
The Vietnam War 1964-1975 47,424 American Soldiers Died in Combat
The Gulf War 1990-1991147 American Soldiers Died in Combat
The Global War on Terror as of September 2006 2,333 Americans Died in Combat
These numbers do not include those that died from wound later, men left behind, and never found, or personnel that were killed or died outside of a combat zone.
Over 43,185,893 Soldiers Served in Combat in all of our Wars. There were 653,708 Combat Deaths among them, another 14,560 that Died in theater, and another 525,930 that died outside of the theater of war.
SO PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT, TO REMEMBER THOSE GREAT MEN, THAT DIDN'T WANT TO DIE, BUT DIEING WAS ASKED OF THEM, AND THEY STOOD TALL AND PAID THE ULTIMATE PRICE FOR FREEDOM !
GOD BLESS AMERICA AGAIN
