Memorial Day 2011 May 30, 2011 by bobgeary in 2011, Afghanistan, American, Duty, fallen, Freedom, Memorial Day, Remembrance, Sacrifice, Service, USA | Leave a comment The Elysian Fields “When You Go Home, Tell Them Of Us And Say, For Your Tomorrow, We Gave Our Today“ More than 1,400 American Servicemembers have died in combat in Afghanistan since the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks that triggered the war.