Welcome to this week's installment where all the member bloggers of Wednesday Hero collectively honor many of the real hero's found in this country who's names and bio's have been provided to us for these humble tributes by blogroll creator Indian Chris @ Right Wing and Right Minded.
Many of them are those that have paid the ultimate price for our country protecting it both here and abroad from the many threats we face from our enemies wishing us and them harm, some are not. In either case they are the real American heroes of today and we now both salute and offer our prayers. To join us if you wish to please start by reading the post below.(Introduction courtesy of Chicago Ray )
Lance Cpl. Hatak Yuka Keyu M. Yearby 21 years old from Overbrook, Oklahoma 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force May 14, 2006
Hatak Yuka Keyu Martin Yearby was remembered in funeral services as a small town boy who balanced his Choctaw tribal heritage and his military life. He did traditional American Indian dances with grace, compassion, discipline and free spirit — "the way he lived his life," the Rev. Timm Emmons said Monday.
"He had a desire to be in the military since he was a young boy. And he believed in what he was doing. He was a warrior, and he was a hero and he finished the course."
Yearby was killed by a roadside bomb, along with fellow Lance Cpl. Jose S. MarinDominguez Jr., in the Al Anbar province of Iraq, two months after he arrived in that country.
Friends and family, fellow American Indians, teachers and classmates filed past his open casket for an hour after the funeral while a U.S. Marine Corps honor guard stood at attention.
About 1,000 people attended a funeral service meant to celebrate the life of the 21-year-old newlywed from Overbrook in southern Oklahoma’s Love County. Those who spoke in the packed Marietta High School auditorium talked of how he loved to hunt, but never came back with anything. He played tricks, won dancing awards at powwows and appeared on a recruiting magazine for Upward Bound because of a headdress he made from a T-shirt.
Nine of his friends stood on stage to remember Yearby. Jake Barber spoke for them, pausing several times to regain his composure. "Many great words describe Hatak. The only real word you need to say is 'brother'. He will always be known to us as the ace of spades, the most important card in the deck. He touched us so dearly that words cannot explain,".
These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived
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1 comment:
Ohe, Kathi, ma cherie; this is sooooooooo sad ... and indeed ... we do need to THANK GOD that such folks lived ... and some are still living. One thing I have noticed ... in the newscast from over there ... is ... NEVER has one of our troops ... said on camera/mike ... we should not be here.
Some folks do not remember ... THIS IS AN ... ALL VOLUNTEER ... MILITARY. The draft ended many years ago. All these folks are in the military ... BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BE ... TO HELP KEEP OUR FREEDOMS ... FREE.
BUT ... OHE, WHAT A PRICE. Like when our Sweet Jesus was crucified. His earning our salvation ... CERTAINLY ... WAS NOT FREE.
Merci again for what you are doing for our troops. DIEU TE BENISSE!!!
Cajun Sissy Macile
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