Historians R Us

This blog is the property of the AP US History class at Pope John XXIII High School in Everett, MA, USA. Here students explore current events in America, while seeking to understand the historical roots of those events. At the same time, students are able to carry on classroom discussions in the cyber world.

Sunday, October 29, 2006

Names of the Dead - Will another Wall that Heals be needed soon?

The Department of Defense has identified 2,796 American service members who have died since the start of the Iraq war. The list can be viewed here. The increasing death rate due to the War in Iraq isn’t accelerating quite as quickly of that of Vietnam, but thousands of American lives have been lost and even more American lives have been torn apart by fatal wounds cause by the war. The War in Iraq has been going on for three years now and, aside from the capture of Saddam Hussein, has not shown much benefit to the United States. Let’s just hope that the death toll will not escalade for the United States soldiers and there will be no need for another Wall that Heals at the end of the War in Iraq.



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2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

i like your optimism.

12:54 PM  
Blogger MikeC said...

I sure hope that the death doll doesn't become a luxury vehicle.

12:56 PM  

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