Remembering our war dead this Memorial Day

With Memorial Day around the corner, here's a little history of American war casualties
 
As of May 14, 2008. the war in Iraq has taken 4,077 American lives. The war has been going on for the past five years.
 
I want to point out the casualties of other wars:
 
D-Day June 6, 1944, to secure a beachhead: 5,221 killed.
 
The Anzio invasion in Italy: 4,400 killed 18,000 wounded.
 
Iwo Jima: 6,825 killed the first two days, total of 27,910 lost lives.
 
Okinawa, 1945 in four months: 7,373 killed 3,256 wounded.
 
Total American World War II casualties, 1941 to 1945:  405,399.
 
The Korean war from 1950 to 1953: 36,568 killed.
 
Vietnam 1965 to 1973: 58,177 killed.
 
All these precious lives lost to save our way of life this is the cost of freedom, it is not free.
 
Remembering William F. Buckley, Jr.
 
Posted: 3:33 a.m. Wednesday, May 14, 2008, NSB News
 
Editor's note: Tom Feeney made his comments about the passing of conservative columnist William F. Buckley while on a trip last month to Beijing, China to attend the Global Space Summitt. Congressman Mike Peace introduced a resolution on his behalf in remembrance of Buckley.
 
Today's passage of the William F. Buckley Resolution is a small thank you to a man who served as the intellectual leader of conservatives for five decades. 
 
William F. Buckley, Jr. was a true foot soldier, fighting successfully for the advancement of conservative principles.  His consistent advocacy facilitated the rise of Senator Barry Goldwater and ultimately the presidency of Ronald Reagan.
 
William F. Buckley refined and articulated a modern conservative theory that promoted maximum individual freedom and served to defeat collectivism at home and the Soviet Union abroad. 
 
 
The loss of this great man was felt by all Americans and has left a void that will be difficult, if not impossible to fill.