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/2007/09/hope_rides_alon_1.html Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:13:56 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification DoD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Sgt. Edmund J. Jeffers, 23, of Daleville, Ala., died Sept. 19 in Taqqadum, Iraq, of injuries suffered from a non-combat related accident. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo. The circumstances surrounding the death are under investigation. If the name sounds familiar, you've met him before, in this space and elsewhere. Sergeant Eddie Jeffers, via The New Media Journal. And to think, I volunteered for... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/hope_rides_alon_1.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/hope_rides_alon_1.html Sun, 23 Sep 2007 07:57:13 -0600 *sigh* This is just so sad, John. Once again we've lost a favorite American son. I've been surrounded by death this weekend. I watched "We Are Marshall" yesterday (great movie, btw), and read Bellavia's book today. I had no idea he was under Capt. Sean Sims. I've been reading Heidi's blog for a while now, so it just re-opened that wound hearing about Sean before, during, and after his death in Fallujah. Hope really does ride eternal. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/hope_rides_alon_1.html#comment-64815 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/hope_rides_alon_1.html#comment-64815 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 20:17:26 -0600