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American Hero and Army Sergeant Who Gave Life To Save Afghan Child Being Flown Home For Burial

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This should be getting the attention 
Friday, 30 March 2012 02:39
I’m not really looking for debate on this as much as I want to make an effort to educate people. Sure, the
military has screwed up in Afghanistan. We’ve pissed on bodies, burnt books, and one man has even
committed pre-meditated mass murder. But we’re not always bad. For every one of those stories you
hear, much more like this happen. Its not a matter of foreign relations or “winning hearts and minds”.
Its about caring for your fellow human being, regardless of nationality, race, sex, etc. This man should
be glorified for the hero he is. When I read about fellow brothers doing things like this, I tear up everytime.
I don’t care what anyone says, this generation of service member is the “greatest generation”.
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Army sergeant who gave life to save Afghan child being flown home for burial

Published March 29, 2012

| FoxNews.com


An Army sergeant and father of three from Rhode Island who gave his life to save an Afghan child from being run over by a 16-ton armored fighting vehicle is being flown back to the U.S. and will be buried Monday.

Sgt. Dennis Weichel, 29, died in Afghanistan last week after he dashed into the path of an armored fighting vehicle to scoop up the little girl, who had darted back into the roadway to pick up shell casings, according to the Army. Weichel, a Rhode Island National Guardsman, was riding in the convoy in Laghman Province in eastern Afghanistan when he jumped out to save the girl, who was unhurt.

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    This image, obtained from WPRI.com, shows 29-year-old Sgt. Dennis Weichel.

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“He would have done it for anybody,” Staff Sgt. Ronald Corbett, who deployed with Weichel to Iraq in 2005, said in a quote posted on the U.S. Army website. “That was the way he was. He would give you the shirt off his back if you needed it. He was that type of guy.”

The child was one of several who were collecting the casings, which can be sold and recycled in Afghanistan. Weichel and other soldiers in the convoy got out of their vehicles to shoo the kids from danger as the heavy trucks bore down. But the girl ran back onto the road as a MRAP, or Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle, approached. Weichel swung the girl to safety but was run over and later died from his injuries at Jalalabad Medical Treatment Facility, according to a press release from the Rhode Island National Guard.

Weichel, who had been a member of the Rhode Island National Guard since 2001, had arrived in Afghanistan a few weeks ago. He was a member of C Company, 1st Battalion, 143 Infantry. Weichel was previously deployed to Iraq in 2005 as a member of 3/172 Det 2 Mountain Infantry.

Weichel, who lived in Providence and was engaged to be married, leaves his parents, fiancee and three young children. His body is scheduled to be flown to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Saturday. Weichel will be buried in Rhode Island Veterans Cemetery in Exeter.

“Tragically, Spc. Weichel has made the supreme sacrifice and at this time, we are mindful of the impact of that sacrifice on his family and friends,” said Maj. Gen. Kevin McBride, adjutant general of the Rhode Island National Guard, in a written statement. “We leave no Soldier behind…. and we will not leave Spc. Weichel’s family behind.”

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Daniel Marvin: A Courageous American Hero for Telling the Truth!

A true American Hero Passed away!  You wont be forgotten Daniel Marvin Lt. Col.  Thank you for your service to USA and for telling the TRUTH!

Daniel Marvin, Lt. Col. Ret. January 19, 2012 Daniel Marvin, 78, of Evergreen Lane, Cazenovia, passed away Thursday at Crouse Hospital. Born in Detroit, Michigan, Dan had been a resident of Cazenovia since 1999. He retired in 1973 as a lieutenant colonel after 21 years in the U.S. Army. He was a veteran of the Korean War and the Vietnam War, serving with the Special Forces. Dan was a member of the North Madison Baptist Church in Chittenango. Surviving are his wife of 55 years, Kate Marvin; three daughters, Laurie Casano (John) of Rockville, SC, Mary Stevens (Vaughn) of Rochester and Danilee Varner (Mike) of Moravia; a brother, William Marvin of Trumansburg; a sister, Barbara Steiner of Michigan; 11 grandchildren, including five grandsons who are serving in the Armed Forces; five great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Ayer & Zimmer Funeral Home, 38 Sullivan St., Cazenovia. Calling hours will be 10 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, prior to the service. Private burial will be in Sampson Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Waterloo. In lieu of flowers, contributions in his memory may be made to Caz Cares, 101 Nelson Street, Cazenovia, NY 13035. AYER & ZIMMER F.H. CAZENOVIA 655-8101

This true story of a Special Forces officer in Vietnam in the mid-sixties will acquaint you with the unique nature of Special Operations Forces and how covert operations are developed and masked to permit — even sponsor — assassination, outright purposeful killing of innocents, illegal use of force and bizarre methods in combat operations.

Expendable Elite reveals the fear that these elite warriors share with no other military person — not the fear of the enemy they have been trained to fight in battle, but fear of the wrath of our government should they no longer be needed and find themselves classified as… expendable.

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The dramatic rescue by ARVN LTG Quang Van Dang of eight American Green Berets and hundreds of South Vietnamese will capture your curiosity and whet your appetite for more in this ongoing SPECIAL OPERATIONS series.

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