We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/09/not_just_another_statistic.html Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification ...but an interesting casualty regardless. Lt Perez's death means no more or no less than any other warrior's - but she filled an interesting demographic niche. WEST POINT, N.Y. - The first member of West Point's "Class of 9-11" to die in combat was buried at the military academy Tuesday, two weeks after she was killed by a bomb at the head of a convoy in Iraq. 2nd Lt. Emily Perez, 23, was leading a platoon when a roadside bomb exploded Sept. 12 south of Baghdad. She was the first female West Point graduate to die in Iraq and the... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/09/not_just_another_statistic.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/09/not_just_another_statistic.html Fri, 29 Sep 2006 06:58:48 -0600