time4me
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- Aug 30, 2005
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Two evenings ago I hit a beautiful and very popular beach to detect with my hunting partner. The weather was perfect, the water calm, and the sun dropping in the sky through a few clouds made for a spectacular visual treat.
Targets were few. In the 2.5 hours we hunted, I found only a few coins, a bellybutton jewel thingy, and the dog tag pictured above. The dog tag has a soldier's name, his birth date "1988-07-05", "19D CAV. SCOUT", and the date he was killed "2011-06-26". It is a memorial dog tag, for a young man who gave his life serving his country, who died 9 days before his 23rd birthday.
I googled the soldier's name, and in reading through the many articles about his death, I came across a photo of his mother and his wife standing at the funeral service. Around his wife's neck is what looks to be this very same dog tag. A little more research and I had a phone number for his mother so I called. His mother informed me that her daughter-in-law had been to this beach two days prior to my finding the dog tag, and must have lost it while swimming.
I will be mailing the dog tag to the mother today.
What a sobering reminder of the horrors of war. My 10 year old son has never known a time when the United States was not in two or three wars. I don't have any solutions to offer, but this has got to end. We need to bring our troops back home before any more leave their families and loved ones grieving.
Jim
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