Lest we forget, Memorial Day 2007, 28 May

Arlington National Cemetery

Courtesy United States Army, public domain.





(All figures slightly rounded up to reflect daily changes)

Total to date who have worn the uniform in wartime

44 million

Battle deaths to date

654,00

Other deaths in service theater

14,000

Other deaths in service non-theater

230,000

Non mortal wounded in battle to date

1.5 million

"It is well that war is so terrible-lest we should grow too fond of it"

General Robert E. Lee to General James Longstreet, after witnessing the needless carnage
of repeated Union charges at Fredericksburg, December 1862.


The following quote has been attributed to outgoing Prime Minister Tony Blair, I believe incorrectly.
It's actual author most likely added it to a Blair interview quote stating that the true measure of a country is not who leaves it, but who wants to enter it.
It is still a profound statement, regardless of who originated it.

"And remember, only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you,
Jesus Christ and the American Soldier.
One died for your soul, the other for your freedom."

Remember them and remember their families on this day and on every day.