@jimkennedy2: Your point would be better taken if not for the fact, as Richard Tillman states, that the percentage of friendly fire casualties have been increasing in every war since WWII. That is an alarming stat, and it leads to the reasonable suspicion that the Tillman family wasn't lied to out of concern for the…

Pat admirably fought for his country, and he died while doing it. I honor his sacrifice, and my heart goes out to his family. I cut them a lot of slack, but I am a little tired of Pat's story and family being manipulated by those with political axes to grind. Yes, the Army held back the truth of his death, for a…