Wiill this ensure their sacrifice was not made in vain?
2007-01-01 01:52:45 · 7 answers · asked by a_sojourner_withyou 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
An actual price cannot be put on the life of any of the soliders who have died doing their duty. Benefits paid to their families help, in some way, to ease the burden caused by having a breadwinner no longer contributing. The money isn't an attempt to console anyone for their loss, but military members aren't paid a great deal of money and many enlisted men's families just get by. The money paid after their death helps out a bit to keep the family left behind (esp wife and/or kids) keep their financial heads above water while trying to cope with not only the loss of a loved one, but the loss of what may well have been their primary income.
2007-01-01 02:03:42 · answer #1 · answered by . 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Money cannot buy some things, the price paid by our brave soldiers is our own freedom, so when you meet a soldier or veteran of war, greet them and treat them with the udder most respect. A benefit you can enjoy is to get out and vote, and for for people who help keep our country free. I was in the Army from 1962-1965, and I did not see combat; the monies I received in 1962 was about $68 a month and shortly there after I got an amazing $84 a month--I was not there for the money. May God bless America again and again!
2007-01-01 10:34:46 · answer #2 · answered by Lear B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As long as there is an American that remembers them and what our country stands for, their sacrifice will not be in vain. It's importance and impact may be lost to some, but it will never be in vain. As for benefits . . . . how do you say thank you to someone and their family who doesn't know you, but was willing to put their life on the line for you anyway so that you and your family could continue living the life we live? There is no price great enough to compensate for it. Money to the fallen soldiers families, education funds for their children, is the only way to help with the tremendous loss they face. Letters, a new friend, a listening ear - not someone that wants to solve their problems and give advice, but someone just to listen to their story; their story of their loved one. These are priceless.
2007-01-01 10:11:49 · answer #3 · answered by violet 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think you can put a dollar value high enough to equal a human life. The families should of course be taken care of financally but I think they already "paid" or knew the "deal" when they signed up and knew that death was a great possibility. They all knew...the soldiers themselves and their families.
2007-01-01 10:28:03 · answer #4 · answered by anemonecanadensis 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no amount of money that could replace a son husband or father . God Bless our troops.
2007-01-01 09:55:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i didn't know that those boy's and girls where fighting for money.
2007-01-01 10:06:31 · answer #6 · answered by tankbuff, 19 violations so far 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No - but it helps.
Good Luck!!!
2007-01-01 09:54:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋