I don't Know where aWol** is today, Buy I KNow It is Not Hawaii!

Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle speaks during the First Battalion Third Marines Memorial Service, for the 28 Hawaii-based servicemen killed in a single helicopter crash in Iraq (news - web sites), at the Capitol rotunda, Monday, March 7, 2005, in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Ronen Zilberman



George Canon of Honolulu, places her hand over her heart as she reflects on the memorials of the 28 Hawaii-based servicemen killed in Iraq (news - web sites), before the 1st Battalion 3rd Marines Memorial Service, at the state Capitol rotunda, Monday, March 7, 2005, in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Ronen Zilberman)

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PS: edit your subject line: "but" for "buy". ;)

I have had the worst time typing since I got myself this fancy shmancy new computer desk! I did much better with a plain old table and chair!

:(

He wouldn't want to hear this:

HONOLULU - Roni Aurelio still waits for her only son to call home, knowing he never will.

Cpl. Stephen P. Johnson, 24, of Covina, Calif., was one of the 28 Hawaii-based servicemen honored at a memorial service at the state Capitol on Monday. All but one was killed in a single helicopter crash.

"He was my best friend, my son, my comrade," an emotional Aurelio said, clutching her son's dogtags in one hand, his framed photo in the other. "He was everything to me.

"Every single day I keep looking at the phone, waiting for him to say, 'Mom, I'm coming home,'" she said. "He hasn't done that yet."
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or this:

Dinara Ragimov, of San Diego, had harsh words for President Bush and the war. But she said she was proud of her 20-year-old son, Lance Cpl. Mourad Ragimov, whom she described as "very brave and fragile."

"I hate (the war) with all my guts, all my mind," she said.
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/northern_california/11076043.htm


Thank you for the pics. Beautiful, touching memorial.

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Friday, January 28, 2005
This is a partial list of the 31 servicemen killed in a helicopter crash in Iraq yesterday. Twenty-seven of the casualties were based in Hawai'i. They include:

* Lance Cpl. Jonathan Edward Etterling, 22, of Wheelersburg, Ohio
* Sgt. Michael Finke, 28, of Wadsworth, Ohio
* Cpl. Timothy Gibson, 23, of Merrimack, N.H.
* Lance Cpl. Richard Gilbert, 28, of Dayton, Ohio
* Cpl. Kyle Grimes, 21, Bethlehem, Pa.
* Lance Cpl. Brian Hopper, 21, of Wynne, Ark.
* Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class John Daniel House, 28, of Ventura, Calif., served with Naval Medical Clinic Hawai'i, Marine Corps Units Detachment, Pearl Harbor
* Lance Cpl. Saeed Jafarkhani-torshizi Jr., 24, of Fort Worth, Texas
* Cpl. Sean Kelly, 23, of Pitman, N.J., served with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines
* Lance Cpl. Allan Klein, 34, of Clinton Township, Mich.
* Tim Knight, 22, Brooklyn, Ohio.
* Lance Cpl. Fred Lee Maciel, 20, Spring, Texas
* Lance Cpl. James Lee Moore, 24, of Roseburg, Ore.
* Nathan Moore, of Champaign, Ill.
* Lance Cpl. Rhonald Dain Rairdan, 20, of Medina County, Texas, served with 1st Marine Division
* Lance Cpl. Mourad Ragimov, 20, of San Diego
* Lance Cpl. Hector Ramos, 20, of Aurora, Ill.
* Cpl. Gael Saintvil, 24, Central Florida, Fla.
* Cpl. Nathan Schubert, 22, of Cherokee, Iowa
* Lance Cpl. Darrell J. Schumann, 25, of Hampton, Va.
* 1st Lt. Dustin M. Shumney, 30, of Vallejo, Calif.
* Cpl. Matthew Smith, 24, West Valley City, Utah
* Lance Cpl. Joseph Spence, 24, of Scotts Valley, Calif.
* Lance Cpl. Michael L. Starr Jr., 21, of Baltimore, Md.

Marines based in California and identified as killed in the crash are:

* Capt. Paul C. Alaniz, 32, of Corpus Christi, Texas, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif.
* Capt. Lyle Gordon, 30, of Midlothian, Texas, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif.
* Cpl. Tony Hernandez, 22, of Canyon Lake, Texas, served with 1st Marine Division, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
* Staff Sgt. Dexter S. Kimble, 30, of Houston, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif.
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2005/Jan/27/ln/ln66a.html

RIP

all I found were the captions on Yahoo.