Total number of trees at Fort Stewart's Warriors Walk rises to 359

[sabra]

http://www.iraqslogger.com/index.php/post/3944/Ft_Stewart_Honors_Fallen_Soldiers


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FORT STEWART, GA - AUGUST 16: Rhyan Stinson of Fullerton, California, is hugged by Michael Moody, Sr. as they grieve for their family members during a memorial service August 16, 2007 on Warrior's Walk in Fort Stewart, Georgia.

The 3rd Infantry Division, based at Fort Stewart, has the only living memorial in the Army, having eastern red bud trees for its fallen soldiers. The post plants one tree for each soldier who has died since the division first raced into Baghdad in 2003, and suffered its first fatalities. The 11 soldiers honored today brings the total number of trees on Warriors Walk to 359.


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FORT STEWART, GA - AUGUST 16: Soldiers with the Army's 3rd Infantry Division wait for a memorial service to begin August 16, 2007 behind a section of eastern red bud trees on Warrior's Walk in Fort Stewart, Georgia.




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FORT STEWART, GA - AUGUST 16: Sara Salazar kisses the granite marker that serves as a memorial for her grandson, U.S. Army Pfc. Bruce Salazar, Jr. of Modesto California, during a memorial service August 16, 2007 on Warrior's Walk in Fort Stewart, Georgia.

[Breeze54]

1. My son may have known some of those honored today.

:(

His company was attached to the 3rd ID.

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2. oh my... I wish peace upon him and his company

[Breeze54]

3. The Co. was disbanded after they got back from Iraq.

But there were 12 soldiers killed, in the unit he was attached to while
he was there and that was in the first few weeks. I was on pins and needles.
His company was out of Illinois.