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 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/03/kansas_guardsma.html Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:38:00 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Today will be the funeral for Staff Sergeant Berry, a Kansas Redleg and holder of the Soldier's Medal, our highest peacetime award for bravery, who died in Iraq. I got this in email last night from Denizenne AFSis, she's forwarding it from a list she's on. Thank you, Bridget for sending it out - and thank you, Dbie, for sending it to us: Tissue alert...I just received this from the head of the Kansas Patriot Guard. He sent it as a thank you and reminder to all of us who attended a "homecoming escort" for a local soldier at the... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/03/kansas_guardsma.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/03/kansas_guardsma.html Sat, 03 Mar 2007 09:06:55 -0600 I remember. I am proud. Thank you. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/03/kansas_guardsma.html#comment-57411 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/03/kansas_guardsma.html#comment-57411 Sat, 03 Mar 2007 21:11:43 -0600 This may be a double, but I think my first comment was eaten by the MoatMonster of Argghhh! When I first watched that video, I cried. Not just a choked-up feeling- I cried. Many vid's are emotional, but few have had that much of an affect on me. Knowing that it was sent out in honor of the Guardsman you wrote about yesterday just made it that much more "real", I suppose. I'm glad you posted it, John. And I'm glad you remember, even as hard as it may be... we all need to remember. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/03/kansas_guardsma.html#comment-57394 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/03/kansas_guardsma.html#comment-57394 Sat, 03 Mar 2007 12:22:52 -0600