A moving letter from the daughter of Command Sgt. Maj. James Blankenbecler written after his death.
"You always told me and mom you never wanted to die in a stupid way like a car accident or something like that. And you really didn’t die in a stupid way ... you died in the most honorable way a man like you could — protecting me, mom, J., A. [full names withheld] and the rest of the United States.
In the Bible it says everyone is put on this earth for a purpose, and once they accomplished this you can return to Jesus. I did not know at first what you did so soon to come home to God. But I thought about it — you have done everything. You have been the best husband, father, son and soldier in the world. And everyone knows this."
Read the whole thing at Front Line Voices.
Posted by Thief at December 3, 2003 11:37 AM