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Hiroshima Presentation by MFSO member Tom Merrick, whose son is an Army Ranger medic
Published by steve July 30th, 2007 in BlogHiroshima Program
August 5, 2007
Tokyo International University in America
Tom Merrick
Thank you for the opportunity to be with you this evening. I’ve been asked to share my perspective as the parent of a soldier currently deployed in Iraq and also speak to the issue of reducing the expansion of nuclear weapons in the world today. Please […]
Husband, son and daughter in Iraq
Published by steve July 21st, 2007 in BlogArmy wife and mother battles war — MFSO member’s story in Oregonian
With her husband, son and daughter serving in Iraq, Marlene Schaffer wants the fight to end
Friday, July 20, 2007
JULIE SULLIVAN
The Oregonian Staff
An army travels on its stomach. So Chop! Marlene Schaffer attacks vegetables as she grills T-bone steaks for her husband’s farewell party. […]
When the reality of Iraq hits home
Published by steve July 21st, 2007 in BlogMFSO in the Los Angeles Times
by Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times
July 15th, 2007
My nephew is in boot camp.
One month into it, I’m still having trouble getting used to the sound of those words.
My brother and I tried to talk him out of it more than a year ago at a backyard gathering in the San […]
Even as Loved Ones Fight On, War Doubts Arise
Published by steve July 21st, 2007 in BlogMFSO in New York Times
by Ian Urbina, New York Times
July 15th, 2007
FORT EUSTIS, Va., July 11 — Cpl. April Ponce De Leon describes herself and her husband as “gung-ho marines,” and in two weeks she deploys to Iraq, where her husband has been fighting since March.
But she says she stopped believing in the war last […]
