7th Rangers: Coronavirus kills 908 Americans in 24hrs to take US death toll to 4,391, with more than 200,000 people testing positive - as Michigan emerges as the third deadliest hotspot behind NYC and New Jersey with 259 fatalities
Fighting Seventh
The Fighting Rangers On War, Politics and Burning Issues
Rudyard Kipling"
“When you're left wounded on Afganistan's plains and
the women come out to cut up what remains, Just roll to your rifle
and blow out your brains,
And go to your God like a soldier”
General Douglas MacArthur"
“We are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.”
“It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.” “Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
“The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and be the deepest wounds and scars of war.”
“May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't .” “The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
“Nobody ever defended, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
The Soldier stood and faced God
Which must always come to pass
He hoped his shoes were shining
Just as bright as his brass
"Step forward you Soldier,
How shall I deal with you?
Have you always turned the other cheek?
To My Church have you been true?"
"No, Lord, I guess I ain't
Because those of us who carry guns
Can't always be a saint."
I've had to work on Sundays
And at times my talk was tough,
And sometimes I've been violent,
Because the world is awfully rough.
But, I never took a penny
That wasn't mine to keep.
Though I worked a lot of overtime
When the bills got just too steep,
The Soldier squared his shoulders and said
And I never passed a cry for help
Though at times I shook with fear,
And sometimes, God forgive me,
I've wept unmanly tears.
I know I don't deserve a place
Among the people here.
They never wanted me around
Except to calm their fears.
If you've a place for me here,
Lord, It needn't be so grand,
I never expected or had too much,
But if you don't, I'll understand."
There was silence all around the throne
Where the saints had often trod
As the Soldier waited quietly,
For the judgment of his God.
"Step forward now, you Soldier,
You've borne your burden well.
Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets,
You've done your time in Hell."
Coronavirus kills 908 Americans in 24hrs to take US death toll to 4,391, with more than 200,000 people testing positive - as Michigan emerges as the third deadliest hotspot behind NYC and New Jersey with 259 fatalities
Thursday, April 02, 2020
US Deaths
More than 900 people have died in the US in 24 hours with the death toll increasing to more than 4,300 as the number of coronavirus cases in the US surpassed 200,000.
New deaths from the coronavirus rose by 908 on Wednesday while new infections across the country increased by 25,676.
The US death toll has now surpassed the number of deaths reported in China (3,309) where the outbreak first emerged back in December.
The death toll in Italy (12,428) and Spain (9,053) is still higher than the United States.
More than 40 percent of the country's fatal cases come from New York state where the death toll rose by 391 to 1,941.
New York state also saw an increase of 7,917 cases to bring the total number of new infections to 83,712.
Michigan now has the third highest death toll in the country after reporting a spike in its figures over night. The state recorded 75 news deaths, bringing its death toll to 259. Michigan has more than 7,600 confirmed cases.
New Jersey is second behind New York with 267 deaths and 18,997 infections.
