Sent by Jennifer Hedrick:
Lt. Col. Mike O'Neill, of Summerville created this "music video" as a letter home to his wife from Afghanistan. O'Neill runs the information operations cell for Task Force Phoenix. (From TheState.com)
ABC 2 News Circle of the Immortals, Dulaney Valley
WJZ 13 Circle of the Immortals, Dulaney Valley
WJZ 13 Maryland National Guard Fallen Warrior Memorial - Camp Fretterd
500 Festival Memorial Service, Indianapolis May 23rd, 2008
Memorial Ceremony 17 March 2008 Camp Clark, Khowst, Afghanistan
Video Part 1 Invocation, 3-1-203rd Commander's Tribute
Video Part 2 About Collin: Soldier's Tribute. MAJ Sulzner & SSG Tooker
Video Part 3 Benediction, Last Roll Call, Firing of Volleys, Taps, Final Salute & Postlude
Slide Show Comming soon...
Sent by SSG Tooker
This is a 4-min clip from the Memorial Service for Collin at Camp Funston, Fort Riley, KS. March 24th, 2008
Dear Refuge of My Weary Soul
1. Dear refuge of my weary soul, On Thee, when sorrows rise On Thee, when waves of trouble roll, My fainting hope relies To Thee I tell each rising grief, For Thou alone canst heal Thy Word can bring a sweet relief, For every pain I feel
2. But oh! When gloomy doubts prevail, I fear to call Thee mine The springs of comfort seem to fail, And all my hopes decline Yet gracious God, where shall I flee? Thou art my only trust And still my soul would cleave to Thee Though prostrate in the dust
3. Hast Thou not bid me seek Thy face, And shall I seek in vain? And can the ear of sovereign grace, Be deaf when I complain? No still the ear of sovereign grace, Attends the mourner's prayer Oh may I ever find access, To breathe my sorrows there
4. Thy mercy seat is open still, Here let my soul retreat With humble hope attend Thy will, And wait beneath Thy feet, Thy mercy seat is open still, Here let my soul retreat With humble hope attend Thy will, And wait beneath Thy feet
This new video, which I also found in Collin's camera the day he passed away,shows LTC Berretini, SFC Bowen and SGT Hill two days before the incident. Another unvaluable present he has left to our families.
Here is "Durango", their interpreter. Collin and him were inseparable.
New Year's Day in Afghanistan
The afternoon of March 14th, I received a package with some of Collin's belongings that a friend of him had kept, wishing he would be able to give them to me in person. Among those things was Collin's camera with a few videos shot during the last two days before the attack.
As difficult as it is for us to see the video at this point, it is such an invaluable present he has left to me and his family.
