Sabot Ranger
In Honored Memory of:
U.S. Army Lt.Col. Ferdinand "Fred" Barger, MACV Team 2 JUSPAG, , Killed by an NVA sniper 4 Sept 1968 Mekong delta RVN
U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Megan M. McClung, died Dec. 6 while supporting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. McClung was assigned to I Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, I MEF, Camp Pendleton, Calif. MAJ McClung was a public affairs officer.
Army Sgt. 1st Class Brian A. Mack died January 13, 2005, in Mosul, Iraq, when his military vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Washington. SFC Mack was formerly a Ranger Instructor A Co. 6th Ranger Training Battalion.
Michael Marks's haunting poem, "A Soldier's Christmas:"
"But isn't there something I can do, at the least,
Give you money," I asked, "or prepare you a feast?
It seems all too little for all that you've done,
For being away from your wife and your son."
Then his eye welled a tear that held no regret,
"Just tell us you love us, and never forget.
To fight for our rights back at home while we're gone,
To stand your own watch, no matter how long.
For when we come home, either standing or dead,
To know you remember we fought and we bled.
Is payment enough, and with that we will trust,
That we mattered to you as you mattered to us."
"A Soldier's Christmas" is copyright 2000 by Michael Marks.
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