Legion Troll
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COWARDS HERE BETRAY THE CONSTITUTION & WANT OTHERS TO DIE WHILE THEY PISS THEIR PANTIES
On Wednesday, a grave was prepared, this one in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery. A horse drawn caisson approached at 11 am bearing a flag covered coffin containing the mortal remains of U.S. Army Master Sgt. Joshua Wheeler.
Wheeler, affectionately called “Wheels” by his comrades, had been struck by a fatal bullet during a refugee rescue mission on October 22 in faraway Hawijah, Iraq. He had previously been deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq 14 times. He had been awarded 11 Bronze Stars, four with a V for valor and finally a posthumous Purple Heart.
He would now be buried as the first American to die in Iraq since the war supposedly ended. He was also the first killed in combat with ISIS.
Under a grey sky, full military honors were accorded Wheeler, ending with three rifle volleys, the playing of taps and the folding of the flag that the 39-year-old career solider had served to the very last beat of his heart. An officer on bended knee presented the flag to his wife, who gave birth to Wheeler’s fourth son just three months ago.
Now Grave No. 1048 of Section 60 had been filled and covered over. A black edged temporary marker reading “JOSHUA LLOYD WHEELER” was placed at the head pending installation of a standard white tombstone. The floral wreaths that had been sent by mourners were laid flat on the fresh earth, which bore the boot prints of either lingering comrades or cemetery workers or perhaps both.
Those who risk an early grave do so that we and our families are in less danger of the same. The very least we can do as we enjoy our Holidays is not forget them and the war they fight—as we had all but forgotten it before Paris, in that time not a month ago when the soldier now in a grave in Arlington died saving strangers from graves already dug by ISIS.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/11/22/america-buries-first-isis-war-casualty.html