Wiping away tears, World War II Army veteran Charles Rybnikar, 82, walks the Capitol lawn Thursday through some of the 1,054 pairs of combat boots lined up to represent U.S. soldiers who have died in Iraq. The boots are part of a traveling exhibit. Rod Sanford -Lansing State Journal
Yesterday was Veterans Day. With sadness, I learned on the news that six young Marines from Illinois had died over the last few days in fighting in Falluja. Reports also say that nearly 400 of our kids have been evacuated from Iraq due to battle related injury.
The terrible tragedy here is simple. In recent history, we had two "Wars to end all Wars." The gentleman above, I am certain, fought for the same idea our kids fight for today - so their kids would not have to fight and so the legacy they would leave would be peace. Many of those who fought in the Second World War lived to see their kids fight and die in Vietnam...and now their grandchildren fight...and die in Iraq.
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