I got a call last night while getting ready to leave the office. One of the knights from my council called to inform me that our DGK's son, Joe, was killed by an IED in Iraq May 30, 2007.
I did not know Joe on a personal level. His parents, whom I consider to be good friends, are some of the most solid and loving people I know. I cannot begin to express the loss I saw in his father's eyes last night. And the strength I saw in his mother as she marshaled their family and friends.
Joe is survived by his wife, Jennifer, married on September 1st of 2002.
It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
-George S. Patton.
My sincere condolences.
Posted by: Tom Blogical | June 01, 2007 at 05:01 PM