Army Pfc. Leslie D. Jackson

[underpants]

http://www.militarycity.com/valor/2953499.html

Army Pfc. Leslie D. Jackson

Army Pfc. Leslie D. Jackson, 18, of Richmond, Va.; assigned to A Company, 115th Forward Support Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division, Ft. Hood, Texas; killed May 20 when her military vehicle hit an improvised explosive device as she was returning to Camp Eagle in Baghdad.

Killed: May 20, 2004

[Insider]

1. rest in peace

:cry:

[Frances]

2. I am a teacher and seeing that young woman

in her graduation cap and gown brought tears to my eyes.

I wasn't putting all of that effort into helping young people better themselves just to have Bush and Cheney and Rumsfeld sacrifice them!

[underpants]

3. The local news all covered her memorial service

I guess she is the most local (Richmond Va.) person to die in Iraq at least in a while.

Notice she was 18 in May2004 so she must have graduated early and joined immediately, gotten a waver or her folks to sign for her.

[Insider]

4. the tassle looks like 2003

she graduated last year, looks like. there had to be basic training, a.i.t., deployment...

[underpants]

5. That's what I meant

Sorry if I wasn't clear. She did graduate last year and then basic....

She must have gone over to Iraq fairly soon after finishing her MOS school (AIT).

[Insider]

7. that was my fuzzy head

not seeing clearly. i got you now, underpants.

really shakes you up to see someone so young and so fresh. what a shame.

[CityZen-X]

6. Leslie Deserved Better

Miss Jackson deserved to live a full life. More than likely she joined the military for the college money, or a job!
Yes it is true that if you are a soldier, that there may be time for you to put your life down for your country. But that is certainly not the case here. Iraq, and it's peoples have never posed a threat to you and I. No more than a drive by shooting would or a drunk driver. Her life has been taken by the actions of this Faustian Bu$h*t government, and their lust for power and money!

[Minstrel Boy]

8. Damn, if that's not the saddest thing...

In just weeks, it'll be a thousand Americans Bush has killed in Iraq, and God only knows how many Iraqis. Yet he mocks them just as he did Karla Faye Tucker.

[Vickers]

9. 18 years old, and braver than our President

Rest easy, Leslie.