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We Care About our U.S.A.



Americans care about their Country.  Americans want the best for their Children and their Grand Children and all future generations.   Today I quote a Web Site that list American War Deaths Through Our History:



Revolutionary War

1775-1783

25,000

Northwest Indian War

1785-1795

~1,056

Quasi-War

1798-1800

514

War of 1812

1812-1815

~20,000

1st Seminole War

1817-1818

36

Black Hawk War

1832

305

2nd Seminole War

1835-1842

1,535

Mexican-American War

1846-1848

13,283

3rd Seminole War

1855-1858

26

Civil War

1861-1865

~625,000

Indian Wars

1865-1898

919

Great Sioux War

1875-1877

314

Spanish-America War

1898

2,446

Philippine-American War

1898-1913

4,196

Boxer Rebellion

1900-1901

131

Mexican Revolution

1914-1919

~35

Haiti Occupation

1915-1934

148

World War 1

1917-1918

116,516

North Russia Campaign

1918-1920

424

American Exp. Force Siberia

1918-1920

328

Nicaragua Occupation

1927-1933

48

World War 2

1941-1945

405,399

                                                                     Korean War

1950-1953

36,516

Vietnam War

1955-1975

58,209

El Salvador Civil War

1980-1992

37

Beirut

1982-1984

266

Grenada

1983

19

Panama

1989

40

Gulf War

1990-1991

258

Operation Provide Comfort

1991-1996

19

Somalia Intervention

1992-1995

43

Bosnia

1995-2004

12

NATO Air Campaign Yugoslavia

1999

20

Afghanistan (ongoing)

2001-

1,893 (02/2012)

Iraq

2003-2011

4,484 (02/2012)

As you can quickly ascertain a lot of blood has been shed for the Freedoms we enjoy in our United States of America.  As we remember "D" Day today and remember our Heroes of the past I think that it is important that we all strive to keep America Great.  I believe that these Heroes of our History fought for us.  Hopefully they did not die for no purpose.  As a Retired Navy Veteran I know that I and my Shipmates served to protect the Freedoms that our past Heroes saved for us.

I suspect that everyone has an ancestor who died for the cause of freedom.  I know that everyone knows or even has a family member who is a Hero who has given his or her life for our Freedoms.

You may be wondering why I am focused on this today.  I am concerned about the future of our country.  We won the Cold War so we could enjoy our American Values.  Yet today we so much movement toward socialism.  We are watching the erosion of our way of life.  The incentives to do better, to enjoy Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness are being destroyed.  These fundamental freedoms are being taken away from us on a daily basis. 

I believe that it is imperative that we all strive to restore America to the greatness that we all have enjoyed or at least heard of.  We can certainly honor and memorialize our Heroes by working to maintain our Freedoms.  The bedrock of the American Way of Life is to be able to enjoy Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. 

This is why thousands of peoples from all Lands came to America.  This is why thousands of Americans served their Country.

All we have to do is work to keep democracy!!!!!!