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(37,452 posts) Fri Jul 17, 2015, 03:20 PM Jul 2015

Military identifies Marines slain in Chattanooga

Source: CBS News

They were identified Friday by the Marines as Gunnery Sgt. Thomas J. Sullivan of Hampden, Massachusetts; Staff Sgt. David A. Wyatt of Burke, North Carolina; Sgt. Carson A. Holmquist of Polk, Wisconsin; and Lance Cpl. Squire K. Wells of Cobb County, Georgia, who a family spokesman says went by "Skip."

Sullivan was deployed twice during the Iraq war and received two Purple Hearts. Wyatt was deployed during both the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, while Holmquist was deployed to Afghanistan.

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/chattanooga-shooting-victims-us-marine-corps/

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... shenmue Jul 2015 #1

May their families find peace. riversedge Jul 2015 #2

To come through tours like that, and then get shot at home. Yo_Mama Jul 2015 #3

Heartbreaking. nt msanthrope Jul 2015 #4

perhaps its time for recruiters to be online, out of the storefronts. Send mail to their target nei Sunlei Jul 2015 #5

shenmue

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1. ...

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Fri Jul 17, 2015, 03:28 PM

Jul 2015

Rest in peace.

riversedge

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2. May their families find peace.

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Fri Jul 17, 2015, 04:32 PM

Jul 2015

Yo_Mama

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3. To come through tours like that, and then get shot at home.

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Fri Jul 17, 2015, 10:38 PM

Jul 2015

Horrifying.

Condolences and prayers for the families and friends that some light shines into the black hole of grief.

msanthrope

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4. Heartbreaking. nt

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Sat Jul 18, 2015, 09:33 AM

Jul 2015

Sunlei

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5. perhaps its time for recruiters to be online, out of the storefronts. Send mail to their target nei

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Sat Jul 18, 2015, 09:40 AM

Jul 2015

neighborhoods and high school juniors/seniors.

Our military (and todays police) have made targets of themselves due to their behavior I don't think its a good idea for them to hide/mingle among the general public like they are another grocery store.

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