Sgt. Evan S. Parker promotion to Sergeant at LSA Anaconda Iraq July 2005
To the McCants family. I was Danny's room mate for a time at Warrant Officer Candidate School. Now some 22 plus years later and my son's baseball organization is participating in a Gold Star program. They wear a gold star on their helmet for the upcoming season in honor of a fallen Warrior. I...
A hero to us all. I hardly noticed his willingness to help others while he was growing up but it became quite evident once he became a Marine. Since his death, we have heard countless stories of his willingness to help others. This willingness was never so evident than the day he died. His sacrif...
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth Of sun-split clouds, – and done a hundred things You have not dreamed of – wheeled and soared and swung High in the sunlit silence. Hov’ring there,...
One of only two Mississippi River Delta Chinese classified as KIA during WWII, Tuck volunteered to serve his country despite the gross discrimination and injustices he faced both at home and in the armed services. Growing up in the Jim Crow south as the son of a materially poor but family rich wi...
Purple Heart
A father and son always has a unique relationship. For us, we had a very strong bond. Brandon felt that he never wanted to compete with others for risk of showing them up. I always thought that Brandon did his own thing because he didn't want to compete with me. One time I finally got him to come...
I never got to know you. As a child, I would wish that you would come home, say you had been somewhere for a long time with amnesia. Wishful thinking on the part of a child! You truly gave it all, for the rest of us.
Derek Todd, we miss you so much here! Home is so empty and sad since you've been gone. I hope you're having margaritas up there in heaven! Please continue to guide Kim and mom, they're both really really upset. Obviously I'm upset too, it just hit Kim and mom way more. Anyways, I love you and mis...
Im so sorry for what the parents are going through. They are great Americans and raised the best possible human on earth. Im sorry dad and i understand that last hug you spoke of. I lost a daughter. Infantry is 1% of all military and RANGERS are 1% of that. This is how special your son is. Godd...
Happy Veterans Day sweetheart! Not that today is any different from any other day. I miss you. I Love you. You are NEVER EVER FORGOTTEN. Your pups are doing well, but we wish you were here to watch them grow :( You would be so proud. Missing you with every beat of my heart...yesterday, t...
Bradford was our uncle. He was killed in 1944 in or around New Guinea. He was point man on patrol the day he was killed taking Japanese machine gun fire. Although many of the cousins of our family never knew him as we were all born after he was killed, Bradford's younger sisters (he was the only ...