Daniel B Flores

The Supreme Sacrifice Daniel B Flores

The Supreme Sacrifice, Guadalupe County Soldiers is written as a tribute to the brave soldiers from Guadalupe county that made the Supreme Sacrifice in the four wars fought in the Twentieth Century. Also include in the last part are the men who lost their lives from other causes while serving in the armed force of the United States. The Supreme Sacrifice includes forty-eight soldiers who lost their lives in combat or whose deaths were combat related. Five soldiers from Guadalupe county made the Ultimate Sacrifice in defense of liberty in what we now call World War I. World War II claimed the lives of thirty-two brave soldiers from the county. There were three soldiers who gave their lives during the Korean War. The Vietnam War claimed the lives of eight young men from the county. The forty-eight men who made the Supreme Sacrifice are joined by fourteen soldiers who lost their lives in non-combat related incidents. Each of the sixty men in The Supreme Sacrifice have their own stories told in individual vignettes. Also included for many of the brave soldiers are their pictures and other biographical information about them. The men are all listed in alphabetical order under the war in which they served. The only exception was made for Alexander Bonnyman. He is the first soldier listed in the World War II section because he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously for his ultimate sacrifice. Several men also have pictures of their mothers, known as Gold Star mothers. The Gold Star mothers also made a sacrifice when their sons lost their lives fighting for our country in defense of liberty. The Gold Star mothers would have to bear the grief of the loss of their sons for the remainder of their lives. The Supreme Sacrifice is a grim reminder that the freedoms we enjoy were made possible by the members of the Armed Forces who shed their blood and paid the highest price that a soldier can offer---their own lives, the Supreme Sacrifice, also sometimes known as the Ultimate Sacrifice. They were destined not to return to America and their loved ones alive.