"The freedom for which they died, must endure and prosper. Their lives remind us that freedom is not bought cheaply. It has a cost; it imposes a burden. And just as they whom we commemorate were willing to sacrifice, so too must we -- in a less final, less heroic way -- be willing to give of ourselves."
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This Memorial Day I remember 1SG Tim Millsap 70th Engineer Battalion, 3rd Brigade 1st Armored Division KIA Taji, Iraq April 2005 and SSG Adam Dickmyer Badge #528 Guard of Honor Tomb of The Unknown Soldier. KIA Kandahar Province, Afghanistan while serving with 2d Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2d Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)