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/2007/02/another_casualt.html Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:01:09 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Maj. Gen. Tod Bunting, the Adjutant General, announces that Staff Sgt. David Russell Berry, a member of Battery B (-), 1st Battalion, 161st Field Artillery, Kansas National Guard, Pratt, Kansas was killed in action in Iraq on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2007. Berry, 37, a resident of Wichita , Kan. , died when he was struck by an improvised explosive device (IED). "Our hearts go out to the family and friends of Staff Sgt. Berry," said Governor Kathleen Sebelius. "He has made the ultimate sacrifice on behalf of our country and I ask Kansans to join me in offering prayers... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/another_casualt.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/another_casualt.html Fri, 23 Feb 2007 09:31:55 -0600 One of the defining characteristics of sheepdogs, JTG. What they run towards, not what they run from. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/another_casualt.html#comment-57165 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/another_casualt.html#comment-57165 Mon, 26 Feb 2007 21:20:27 -0600 He's also survived by the guy he pulled out of that car. The Soldier's Medal is the one I get all warm and weepy about, when I think of such things. Not awarded for ordinary warspite, but for deciding to risk one's own life to save another's. The Good Samaritan ain't even in it. Besides, looking at his pic, he reminds me of me: That is, a mostly-cheerful nerdy type. Dang! P.S. Look at the movies of the Hindenburg fire and crash. You'll see the sailors running *toward* the flames. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/another_casualt.html#comment-57164 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/another_casualt.html#comment-57164 Mon, 26 Feb 2007 21:16:48 -0600