“An excavator uproots trees. Rakes scrape the ground. A grinder turns limbs into mulch. Deer scramble.
“For the first time in a decade, expansion is coming to the pre-eminent military burial ground in the United States. It means a major upheaval.
“As a fawn dashes away, worker Scott Mills says,
“Arlington National Cemetery is adding 26,000 graves to the roughly 215,000 in place on the sweeping lawns,” reports the Charlotte Observer, which also provides a history of the cemetery that opened in 1864. Much of the expansion, say cemetery officials, is due to the high death rate of WWII veterans — now about 1,200 a day. Below, news about the Navy SEAL rescue mission and helicopter crash:
Froggy Ruminations blog has a lot of information on the rescue and deaths in Afghanistan.
— ALSO: A lot of SEALs and their families “hang” at Froggy’s blog so you can read their comments and their prayers. You’ll quickly see that Froggy and you don’t agree on much politically, but he’s cool about recognizing us when we support our trooops.
CNN reported this morning that a second SEAL has been rescued, leaving two unaccounted for. The first SEAL rescued was flown to Germany for medical treatment.
The Honolulu Advertiser has a new story up:
Missing SEAL found alive
A member of a Navy SEAL team missing in the Afghan mountains since last week has been rescued, while U.S. forces today pushed on with the search for the other members of the elite reconnaissance unit, U.S. military officials said.
