tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post3496477666622168547..comments2024-02-09T00:13:51.906-06:00Comments on Army of Dude: Photo Story Monday - Stories Cut ShortAlex Hortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13729559701547002624noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-80778369166752583142011-07-13T21:30:22.450-05:002011-07-13T21:30:22.450-05:00My son is Cpl Casey Lee Mellen, one of the many fa...My son is Cpl Casey Lee Mellen, one of the many fallen soldiers listed above. I want to thank the person who wrote this story. For many people our soldiers are just numbers but at least this way they can put a face with this number. Thank you for not letting anyone forget about our fallen heros.Regine McClammynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-46788445852773457892009-06-21T18:04:16.168-05:002009-06-21T18:04:16.168-05:00Thank you for reminding me how much you people put...Thank you for reminding me how much you people put on the line, and paying the ultimate price. Puts things in perspective.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663647763230897436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-11887487045650816122009-06-05T22:09:01.300-05:002009-06-05T22:09:01.300-05:00Got this link through Doonesbury, through Slate. ...Got this link through Doonesbury, through Slate. something about those simple pictures, makes these kids' sacrifice, what they forfeited, seem immense, makes their chatacters seem weighty ( and maybe they're less kids than I who've never been to war)JW Raahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07060132982982247791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-66567070154253649902008-11-03T17:54:00.000-06:002008-11-03T17:54:00.000-06:00Thank you for including photos of the comrades you...Thank you for including photos of the comrades you lost in Iraq.<BR/><BR/>It makes me crazy that the majority of print media can't spare the space to publish the photos of our fallen soldiers.<BR/><BR/>When friends of soldiers I knew in Iraq died in Diyala I felt the need to "know" who they were because their loss so impacted my friends. It was then I was struck by the fact that unless the soldier is local (and not always then) there were no photos. Not even in Stryker News.<BR/><BR/>I still remember those faces.<BR/><BR/>~P~Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-59697515774075515572008-04-15T07:45:00.000-05:002008-04-15T07:45:00.000-05:00As an Iraq vet myself, I have personally found tha...As an Iraq vet myself, I have personally found that in coming home, it has been easy to attempt to cope with everything I went through by intellectualizing it. It makes me feel good to give my own little world some semblance of sense. However, I have never been able to cope with or intellectualize the fact that other soldiers died out there and I got to return home. Also, it has been hard to really cope with the fact that people here (civilians) go about their daily business of living without even a gentle nod to the fact that the best and the brightest of us are being sent off to their deaths.<BR/><BR/>Your eloquent style of writing coupled with the gentle reverence and respect that you demonstrate in both what you chose to say and how you say it is extremely touching. I particularly appreciated your observation that, “It's easy to forget the names and the faces of those fallen since this war started five years ago unless your life was touched by them. I only knew or talked to a handful of these men - Chevy, Jesse, Higgins and Captain Jensen.” Where most people have chosen to make hard-hitting arguments with their blogs, yours has been a beautiful reflection of nothing more than the truth of you experience. Keep on blogging and sharing. Hopefully, your words will reach more of those on whose behalf we fight and perhaps it will give some peace and justice to those who have fallen.JLChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08265219441643438615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-56278957887558807672008-04-13T09:53:00.000-05:002008-04-13T09:53:00.000-05:00i found your blog via AOL article. thank you for ...i found your blog via AOL article. thank you for your blog and thank you for your service. thank you for all you do. i don't know you or your family BUT i do know (to a certain degree) what your family is going through. i am a military wife. your blog gives our service members a voice- thank you again.<BR/>debAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-16065013391208895552008-04-10T04:29:00.000-05:002008-04-10T04:29:00.000-05:00What a very touching post. Thank you, and thank yo...What a very touching post. Thank you, and thank you for what you do. <BR/><BR/>I attended services for both Casey Mellen and Billy Farris. I have Billy's picture in my home, and pray for his family every day, as I do for all the families of our fallen soldiers. Actually for *al*l of our military and their families. I am forever grateful.Maggie Goffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02359407598534173765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-82135710351763449872008-03-28T09:29:00.000-05:002008-03-28T09:29:00.000-05:00Thank you to all who have served or will serve fro...Thank you to all who have served or will serve from the bottom of my heart......my son is over there now.-Belindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12154552255838842612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-56126232518895199542008-03-27T19:54:00.000-05:002008-03-27T19:54:00.000-05:00Powerful, powerful writing, Alex. Entries like th...Powerful, powerful writing, Alex. Entries like this should be required reading for our Commander In Chief and all those who sent you guys over there. And are <I>still</I> sending guys over there.Skip Rohdehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01614544306958627144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-63001185396462467212008-03-25T15:03:00.000-05:002008-03-25T15:03:00.000-05:00From Brian's dad“I don’t understand why we have to...From Brian's dad<BR/><BR/>“I don’t understand why we have to have so many of our troops over there, to blow the country up and try to rebuild it,” said Rick Chevalier, who opposes the war. “We’re wasting a lot of our people, when the troops could be here doing things for this country instead of doing things for people who are killing them.”<BR/><BR/><BR/>It slipped by me in the story about Brian that he was from Athens where I live. I hope you guys find a way to be less bitter than most Nam vets are. This shit can't trun out well in the end and it's not going to be because of you. Like Cheney said. "so"?<BR/><BR/>RavenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-17489311166140605232008-03-25T13:18:00.000-05:002008-03-25T13:18:00.000-05:00Thanks for posting the photos. Keep it up. We all ...Thanks for posting the photos. Keep it up. We all need the reminders.SUEB0Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16301963922769609715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-21368482776973879162008-03-25T10:45:00.000-05:002008-03-25T10:45:00.000-05:00jesus jesus jesus dude. that's right, these were ...jesus jesus jesus dude. that's right, these were <I>people</I>, not numbers, not statistics, these were people who lived and breathed and laughed and loved.<BR/><BR/>six degrees of separation note: i played harp for corporal mellen's family. i sort of fell into that duty because of small town stuff. arizona stuff. veteran stuff.<BR/><BR/>i would rather be playing electric guitars at quinceneras and goat bbq's. i keep doing it because it provides some small comfort to the families, it provides me a means of keeping this fucking war personal. every one of them hurts. every one of them is sad beyond measure. i also take pride in knowing that i've been to 10 more military funerals than either the president or the vice president.<BR/><BR/>carry on.The Minstrel Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00697821546165315014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-46504239879334821642008-03-25T07:02:00.000-05:002008-03-25T07:02:00.000-05:00"All gave some and some gave all."A fine tribute t..."All gave some and some gave all."<BR/><BR/>A fine tribute to those men who made the ultimate sacrifice.<BR/><BR/>Love,<BR/><BR/>DadUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14653306181340320701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-64690255150287159412008-03-24T22:01:00.000-05:002008-03-24T22:01:00.000-05:00I cannot express in words what reading about what ...I cannot express in words what reading about what you've done in this post means to me. Or the people of America in general. <BR/><BR/>Its easy to turn this into a political statement, especially for ending the war. <BR/><BR/>However you have honored your friends in a way that deserves to be free of all that. It should stand as something more. That we are all human, we all have stories, we all have families & friends. I will remember that about everyone in uniform and in life again. Thank you Alex.Nick Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00568577670173858992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-10121772051293964162008-03-24T17:48:00.000-05:002008-03-24T17:48:00.000-05:00Thank you for sharing these pictures Alex. We only...Thank you for sharing these pictures Alex. We only see brief glimpses of our fallen heros in news stories on TV. You can find sites that have them, but most people don't purposefully go searching for them. I remember when missing children were put on milk cartons all the time. It would be fitting to start putting our fallen on products so their sacrifice will never be forgotten.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-10778383868329677762008-03-24T17:29:00.000-05:002008-03-24T17:29:00.000-05:00It is so easy to just see the numbers when you ha...It is so easy to just see the numbers when you haven't been touched by the men (and women) in some way. "Four thousand!" I thought this morning, as I read the news article. <BR/><BR/>And then you see their names and faces and read stories about them written by their friends.Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00412390493430566381noreply@blogger.com