On August 22 we remember. Twenty years ago, brothers in Third Platoon gave their lives in Iraq. They were more than names on stones. Joey, Vic, Newman, Heape, and Big City. We also pay homage to the living of Big Weave, Doc and Third Platoon. Each man carried something of the Gospel on his face: peace, light, zeal, calm, responsibility, mercy, and lightheartedness.
This episode is not about politics or slogans. It is about sacrifice. It is about what it means to fight, not for an idea first, but for the man beside you, for his family waiting at home, for the promises you swore to keep. Their deaths left a hole in the hearts of those who came back. Their lives left a mark deeper than death.
Sacrifice is the watchword. In this memorial, we look at their stories through the light of the Cross. We remember how they lived, how they fell, and what their memory demands of us who remain.
