Gents,

On this day every year I have somber thoughts about two former room mates I had in the Marine Corps. One was killed in Panama during that brief unpleasantness trying to get Norriega out of power. The other was killed in Kuwait during Desert Storm. We were all young and fiercly patriotic. We were all ready and willing to do what it took, including make that ultimate sacrifice. Unfortunately that grim task fell to my two friends.

I pray that today the families and loved ones of First Lieutenant Robert Paz and First Lieutenant Michael Monroe take comfort in the fact Rob and Mike will never be forgotten by those who served along side them.

God Bless America.