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Minnesota Guardsman SSgt. Hanson, Killed in Iraq
Yesterday, the guys at the Anti-Strib posted a piece about a Minnesota soldier who was recently killed while serving in Iraq. Unfortunately, the link to the Red Star Tribune article on this soldier is no longer active.
Today, the Red Star Tribune reports that Staff Sergeant Joshua R. Hanson, a Minnesota National Guardsman out of Detroit Lakes. He was killed while on patrol on Wednesday, Sept. 30th.
According to the report, he was killed while on patrol assisting Marines on an anti-terrorist mission, when an explosive device, a roadside bomb of some sort, as the article is not very specific. Several of his team mates were injured attempting to rescue him from the humvee he was in when blast occurred. Hanson was seated in the position closest to where the explosive device went off.
It is sad to read of the deaths of our men and women who serve. Having served in the Armed Forces, these short articles always hit home.
Yet, we are bombarded nearly every day by the "Army of Hate" led by Cindy Sheehan and others as the grab hold of the media lime light, and refuse to respect and honor those who have given their lives, not only for our country, but for liberating the poeple of Iraq and Afghanistan from cruel totalitarian regimes.
My heart goes out to the Hanson family for your loss.
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