{"id":1198,"date":"2011-12-02T10:00:22","date_gmt":"2011-12-02T10:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/americainuniform\/?p=1198"},"modified":"2011-11-19T22:01:18","modified_gmt":"2011-11-19T22:01:18","slug":"a-memorial-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/americainuniform\/2011\/12\/a-memorial-journey.html","title":{"rendered":"A Memorial Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/americainuniform\/files\/2011\/11\/mike.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1243\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/293\/2011\/11\/mike-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Military Heroes &#8211; U. S. Army<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>SGT Mike Stokely<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is now 0215 hours 11 Nov 11. I can&#8217;t sleep. Not unusual this time of the month. The moon waxes full and draws me into being awake. There is enough moon light in the Georgia night to see without artificial light. A little more full than on the night of August 16, 2005 when SGT Mike Stokely was killed by a powerful IED blast on a lonely road near Yusufiyah Iraq.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackfive.net\/main\/2011\/11\/108-hours-a-thank-you-and-mission-complete.html\"><strong>Click here<\/strong><\/a> for this article describing how Mike\u2019s father made the trip to the place where his son was killed.<\/p>\n<p>Provided courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.Blackfive.net\"><strong>Blackfive.net<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Military Heroes &#8211; U. S. Army SGT Mike Stokely It is now 0215 hours 11 Nov 11. I can&#8217;t sleep. Not unusual this time of the month. The moon waxes full and draws me into being awake. 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