26 May 2008
Today is Memorial Day. A day set aside to remember our fallen soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines. Remember them while you are saving 10% at Home Depot so you can build a new deck or project. Remember that they build the freedom you have to build whatever you like. Today, I will remember the following fine lads who will live young, beautiful and forever in my mind.
I encourage you to do the same for those that you remember.
Semper Fidelis,
Rich
Rich Hardin, USMCR Retired
Army PFC Randal “Randy” Boyd. Killed in action 02 June 1971, Republic of Viet Nam . 20 years old. Randy was killed instantly by a mortar round that landed right next to him. No Children. http://thewall-usa.c...ndex.asp#search
Marine PVT Willam Raymond Hardin, a permanent resident of the Veterans Administration Hospital due to service in Viet Nam . 1971. 20 years old. No Children.
Marine 2nd Lt. Darren Bell, died with 18 other Marines in a CH53helicopter crash in a mountainous region of South Korea during Exercise Team Spirit on 20 March 1989. 23 years old. No Children.http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/1989/03/03-22-89tdc/03-22-89dnews-09.asp
Marine Major Gerry “Beave” Bloomfield. On 02 Nov 2005, Gerry was piloting an AH-1W Super Cobra helicopter was shot down while flying very low to the ground in support of Marines in combat. Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility. (also killed Capt. Michael Martino, 32, of Fairfax , Va. ), The helicopter crashed during daylong fighting Wednesday in the insurgent stronghold 70 miles west of Baghdad . Besides Gerry and Mike, an American Army lieutenant, 2nd Lt. Mark J. Procopio, 28, of Stowe , Vt , died when a bomb exploded as he was rushing to Gerry’s crash site. Gerry is survived by wife Julie and 13-year-old son Ryan. http://www.popasmoke...;conflict_id=32
