{"id":156,"date":"2010-01-01T09:12:22","date_gmt":"2010-01-01T14:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/example.org\/into-thine-hand-i-commit-my-spirit-"},"modified":"2010-01-01T09:12:22","modified_gmt":"2010-01-01T14:12:22","slug":"into-thine-hand-i-commit-my-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=156","title":{"rendered":"Into Thine Hand I Commit My Spirit"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/ripples.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341bfac253ef01287697d7d8970c-800wi\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_5801aC-730\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bfac253ef01287697d7d8970c \" src=\"http:\/\/ripples.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341bfac253ef01287697d7d8970c-450wi\" style=\"width: 450px;\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Michael Yon has written a solemn and touching tribute to a memorial erected by soldiers in Afghanistan:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Arghandab, Afghanistan<\/strong><br \/><em>New Year&#39;s Eve, 2009<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On this small base surrounded by a mixture of enemy and friendly<br \/>\nterritory, a memorial has been erected just next to the Chapel.&#0160; Inside<br \/>\nthe tepee are 21 photos of 21 soldiers killed during the first months<br \/>\nof a year-long tour of duty.&#0160; The fallen will belong forever to the<br \/>\nhonor rolls of the 1-17th Infantry Battalion, 5th Brigade, 2nd Infantry<br \/>\nDivision, and they will join the sacred list of names of those who have<br \/>\ngiven their lives in service of the United States of America.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelyon-online.com\/into-thine-hand-i-commit-my-spirit.htm\" target=\"_blank\">rest..<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Yon has written a solemn and touching tribute to a memorial erected by soldiers in Afghanistan: Arghandab, AfghanistanNew Year&#39;s Eve, 2009 On this small base surrounded by a mixture of enemy and friendly territory, a memorial has been erected &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=156\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1779,1826],"tags":[232,129,40],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3R4iK-2w","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}