Senin, 27 Mei 2013

Remembering The Heroes Of A Forgotten War

Alpha Team Renegade from left Tom Murach, Brandon Prescott, Frankie Phillips and Kevin Cardoza. (Via Facebook)

Heroes Of A Forgotten War -- Michael Daly, Daily Beast

Though it’s all too easy to ignore, the conflict in Afghanistan continues to claim the lives of great Americans. Michael Daly on some of the soldiers we lost in May.

Earlier this month, the whole country was touched and cheered by the video of 9-year-old Alayna Adams throwing out the first pitch at a Tampa Bay baseball game only to discover that the man behind the catcher’s mask was her father, back from a long deployment in Afghanistan.

Among the kids who will never see their father again are the six daughters and three sons of 14 American servicemen who have died this month in a faraway war that we seem to have forgotten before it even ended. They include the two young sons of Army Staff Sgt. Michael Simpson.

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