Who Are Our Heroes?

In the middle week of February 2011, Charlie Sheen, a 45-year-old substance abuser and crackpot, was all over the news, the tabloids and the Internet. 

In the middle week of February 2011 these U.S. Marines gave their lives.

  • Justin Allen 23
  • Brett Linley 29
  • Matthew Weikert 29
  • Justus Bartett 27
  • Dave Santos 21
  • Jesse Reed 26
  • Matthew Johnson 21
  • Zachary Fisher 24
  • Brandon King 23
  • Christopher Goeke 23
  • Sheldon Tate 27

There is no media for them. Not even a mention of their names. They just died, far away from home and friends, doing a dirty, thankless, lonely job – proudly.

Presumably for us.

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