{"id":2997,"date":"2010-01-14T00:25:07","date_gmt":"2010-01-14T08:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/?p=2997"},"modified":"2010-01-13T21:48:42","modified_gmt":"2010-01-14T05:48:42","slug":"combat-losses-into-thine-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/14\/combat-losses-into-thine-hand\/","title":{"rendered":"Combat Losses: Into Thine Hand&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Yon, a noted author, reporter, and blogger, has an interesting post entitled &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelyon-online.com\/into-thine-hand-i-commit-my-spirit.htm\">Into Thine Hand I Commit My Spirit<\/a>.&#8221;\u00a0 It describes\u00a0a unique memorial to fallen troops in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>The Soldiers (whose unit symbol is an Indian head) erected a tepee next to the base chapel; inside are the photos of 21 soldiers killed during their first months there.\u00a0 Also inside is a Bible opened to Psalm 31, <!--more-->which contains the notable verses:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>1\u00a0 In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>3\u00a0 For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name&#8217;s sake lead me, and guide me&#8230;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n5\u00a0 Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth&#8230;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n15\u00a0 My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me&#8230;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n17\u00a0 Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave&#8230;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n24\u00a0 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>There are also cigarettes in front of each photo; combined with the tepee, it seems to recall Native American rituals.<\/p>\n<p>Yon&#8217;s striking photos of the site include a T-barrier inscribed with the mantra that the troops are &#8220;fallen, but not forgotten.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Yon, a noted author, reporter, and blogger, has an interesting post entitled &#8220;Into Thine Hand I Commit My Spirit.&#8221;\u00a0 It describes\u00a0a unique memorial to fallen troops in Afghanistan. The Soldiers (whose unit symbol is an Indian head) erected a tepee next to the base chapel; inside are the photos of 21 soldiers killed during their first months there.\u00a0 Also [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[58,88,23,38,4,2,17,10],"class_list":["post-2997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-government-and-religion","tag-afghanistan","tag-army","tag-bible","tag-chapel","tag-churchandstate","tag-military","tag-religious-expression","tag-religion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2997\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}