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In Memoriam

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A Prayer for the Armed Forces of the United States

Almighty God, we commend to your gracious care and keeping all the men and women of our Armed Forces at home and abroad.  Defend them day by day with your heavenly grace; strengthen them in their trials and temptations; give them courage to face the perils which beset them; and grant them a sense of your abiding presence wherever they may be; through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.

-From the Book of Common Prayer

I would like to remember my fellow service members who have died in the defense of our country.  From the time the United States of America was born, men and women have selflessly given themselves to the service of their country.  They have given their time and many have given their very lives.

Imagine leaving your family for months at a time.  Missing Christmas, birthdays and anniversaries.  Missing the birth of your child or a loved one's funeral.

Men and women in our Armed Forces do this everyday.  This page is in memory of the Fallen Brave, and in honor of those who stand on a wall and protect us from danger, in honor of the ones who say that "I will keep you safe tonight", and for the ones who gladly and proudly proclaim "I have the Watch."

May God grant all in the Armed Forces the strength and courage to carry on and keep the Watch.

-Donald T. Mitchell, Hospital Corpsman, United States Navy

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