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The following is from todays Flint Journal, A family member of mine KIA and were trying to get memorial, even a dollar donation is fine by me i got paypal MCasteel2112@yahoo
A place to remember
Memorial to be spot for all to reflect on Clio soldier's deeds CLIOTHE FLINT JOURNAL FIRST EDITIONSaturday, November 03, 2007By Beata Mostafavibmostafavi@flintjournal.com • 810.766.6210
QUICK TAKE
Benefits for the Anthony 'Andy' Yost Memorial
Events at Boomers Roadhouse, 6650 Highland Road, Waterford:
Nov. 10: 8 p.m., "Whiskey Falls" with 11-year-old TJ Craven opening the show, $15.
Nov. 30: 8 p.m., "Concrete Rodeo" CD release party, donations taken.
Dec. 22: 8 p.m., benefit concert for Yost featuring honored guest and veteran Stephen Cochran and honor guards to open the show, $15.
Details: (248) 666-6080.
Dinner and shows to be held at the Whistle Stop Cafe, at 182 W. Vienna Road, Clio. All events run at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. and cost $20, with 25 percent of ticket sales donated to the Yost memorial:
Nov. 24: "Concrete Rodeo" acoustic duet.
Dec. 15: 11-year-old TJ Craven.
Details: (810) 687-3234.
For more details, e-mail Georgeannr@hotmail.com. Visit MSG Anthony R.C.Yost for more information about Yost.
CLIO - Cheyenne Yost, 15, still isn't sure exactly how her father, Master Sgt. Anthony Yost, died.
The most famous unconfirmed story is that the Silver Star honoree was killed while hunting Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Iraq's onetime most dangerous and vicious terrorist.
But Cheyenne, a Millington High School freshman, just wishes there was a place to visit her dad, somewhere closer than Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia where he's buried.
Now, several locals are trying to help through a series of fundraisers before Christmas to pay for a $10,000 memorial for Yost in his hometown of Millington.
"I miss him a lot," Cheyenne said. "I definitely see him as being a hero. There's not a day that I don't think about that. Look what he did - he's, like, famous now.
"I want people to see how important he was to everyone in Millington and everyone in the country. I don't want people to forget."
The memorial features bronze boots, a gun and helmet and will be designed by the Michigan chapter of Lest They Be Forgotten.
Local organizers hope to build it downtown at the front of the Millington Cemetery by March.
Two years after losing her dad, Cheyenne said she doesn't think about the mysterious details surrounding his death.
But she misses their special ritual of eating bacon cheeseburgers and strawberry milkshakes.
Or how he called her "Chey-booger" and told her he was proud of her even though his job kept him far away.
She plans to visit the proposed memorial on weekends and holidays.
"I remember one time he was talking about my great grandpa, and my dad said 'He's in my heart,'" Cheyenne said. "I asked him 'If you die, are you going to be with me?' He said 'Yes, I'll be in your heart.' He is."
Yost, 39, was killed in an early morning explosion on Nov. 19, 2005.
Army accounts say Yost was responding to distress calls from Iraqi police and others in a furious battle with heavily armed insurgents in northeastern Mosul.
Yost, who served in the special forces unit, volunteered to lead an assault to secure the house, the report said. In the midst of the firefight, he led his Iraqi soldiers on a room-to-room search "with total disregard for his own safety," according to Army accounts.
A hidden device suddenly exploded, razing the house to rubble and killing Yost and several Iraqi soldiers with him.
The corpses of seven insurgents were recovered along with a cache containing explosives, mines and remote detonating devices, according to official accounts.
Some family members still believe there's more to the story.
The Times of London reported that Yost gunned down three of al-Zarqawi's top officers and badly injured al-Zarqawi himself.
Al-Zarqawi - an al-Qaida-linked militant and mastermind behind suicide bombings, kidnappings and beheadings - reportedly fled through an underground tunnel and blew up the house while Yost was inside. The terrorist was killed in 2006.
Along with his daughter, Yost leaves wife Joann, his parents and children A.J. and stepson Donovan.
Yost's story touched Georgeann Ricketts of Flushing, who volunteered to lead a series of fundraisers, from concerts to dinners, that she calls "missions" after Yost's family members asked for her help.
Ricketts has coordinated several benefits over the years, including five that raised $10,000 for then 11-year-old Tamara Johnson of Fenton, who was fighting cancer.
"It was so compelling," she said of the Yost story. "It just touched my heart. I told them, 'I'll make sure it's done by Christmas.'"
Yost's cousin, Dana Whitehead of Mt. Morris Township, said Yost was brave and believed in his work.
During a phone call with her days before he died, he was excited because the Iraqis had finally signed a constitution and were closer to obtaining democracy.
"There were so many different stories surrounding how he died," she said. "We've just let it go.
"He was so committed to his career. He believed in his mission and why he was there. He was an extremely well-decorated soldier, and I think it's important that he's recognized for all that he's sacrificed."
She said Yost's parents and several relatives still live in Michigan, as well as Cheyenne.
"There's no place for any of the family members to go visit him," she said. "Even though he's not laid there, it will at least be a presentation of him when Labor Day or Memorial Day comes and there will be a place we can go."
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A place to remember
Memorial to be spot for all to reflect on Clio soldier's deeds CLIOTHE FLINT JOURNAL FIRST EDITIONSaturday, November 03, 2007By Beata Mostafavibmostafavi@flintjournal.com • 810.766.6210
QUICK TAKE
Benefits for the Anthony 'Andy' Yost Memorial
Events at Boomers Roadhouse, 6650 Highland Road, Waterford:
Nov. 10: 8 p.m., "Whiskey Falls" with 11-year-old TJ Craven opening the show, $15.
Nov. 30: 8 p.m., "Concrete Rodeo" CD release party, donations taken.
Dec. 22: 8 p.m., benefit concert for Yost featuring honored guest and veteran Stephen Cochran and honor guards to open the show, $15.
Details: (248) 666-6080.
Dinner and shows to be held at the Whistle Stop Cafe, at 182 W. Vienna Road, Clio. All events run at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. and cost $20, with 25 percent of ticket sales donated to the Yost memorial:
Nov. 24: "Concrete Rodeo" acoustic duet.
Dec. 15: 11-year-old TJ Craven.
Details: (810) 687-3234.
For more details, e-mail Georgeannr@hotmail.com. Visit MSG Anthony R.C.Yost for more information about Yost.
CLIO - Cheyenne Yost, 15, still isn't sure exactly how her father, Master Sgt. Anthony Yost, died.
The most famous unconfirmed story is that the Silver Star honoree was killed while hunting Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Iraq's onetime most dangerous and vicious terrorist.
But Cheyenne, a Millington High School freshman, just wishes there was a place to visit her dad, somewhere closer than Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia where he's buried.
Now, several locals are trying to help through a series of fundraisers before Christmas to pay for a $10,000 memorial for Yost in his hometown of Millington.
"I miss him a lot," Cheyenne said. "I definitely see him as being a hero. There's not a day that I don't think about that. Look what he did - he's, like, famous now.
"I want people to see how important he was to everyone in Millington and everyone in the country. I don't want people to forget."
The memorial features bronze boots, a gun and helmet and will be designed by the Michigan chapter of Lest They Be Forgotten.
Local organizers hope to build it downtown at the front of the Millington Cemetery by March.
Two years after losing her dad, Cheyenne said she doesn't think about the mysterious details surrounding his death.
But she misses their special ritual of eating bacon cheeseburgers and strawberry milkshakes.
Or how he called her "Chey-booger" and told her he was proud of her even though his job kept him far away.
She plans to visit the proposed memorial on weekends and holidays.
"I remember one time he was talking about my great grandpa, and my dad said 'He's in my heart,'" Cheyenne said. "I asked him 'If you die, are you going to be with me?' He said 'Yes, I'll be in your heart.' He is."
Yost, 39, was killed in an early morning explosion on Nov. 19, 2005.
Army accounts say Yost was responding to distress calls from Iraqi police and others in a furious battle with heavily armed insurgents in northeastern Mosul.
Yost, who served in the special forces unit, volunteered to lead an assault to secure the house, the report said. In the midst of the firefight, he led his Iraqi soldiers on a room-to-room search "with total disregard for his own safety," according to Army accounts.
A hidden device suddenly exploded, razing the house to rubble and killing Yost and several Iraqi soldiers with him.
The corpses of seven insurgents were recovered along with a cache containing explosives, mines and remote detonating devices, according to official accounts.
Some family members still believe there's more to the story.
The Times of London reported that Yost gunned down three of al-Zarqawi's top officers and badly injured al-Zarqawi himself.
Al-Zarqawi - an al-Qaida-linked militant and mastermind behind suicide bombings, kidnappings and beheadings - reportedly fled through an underground tunnel and blew up the house while Yost was inside. The terrorist was killed in 2006.
Along with his daughter, Yost leaves wife Joann, his parents and children A.J. and stepson Donovan.
Yost's story touched Georgeann Ricketts of Flushing, who volunteered to lead a series of fundraisers, from concerts to dinners, that she calls "missions" after Yost's family members asked for her help.
Ricketts has coordinated several benefits over the years, including five that raised $10,000 for then 11-year-old Tamara Johnson of Fenton, who was fighting cancer.
"It was so compelling," she said of the Yost story. "It just touched my heart. I told them, 'I'll make sure it's done by Christmas.'"
Yost's cousin, Dana Whitehead of Mt. Morris Township, said Yost was brave and believed in his work.
During a phone call with her days before he died, he was excited because the Iraqis had finally signed a constitution and were closer to obtaining democracy.
"There were so many different stories surrounding how he died," she said. "We've just let it go.
"He was so committed to his career. He believed in his mission and why he was there. He was an extremely well-decorated soldier, and I think it's important that he's recognized for all that he's sacrificed."
She said Yost's parents and several relatives still live in Michigan, as well as Cheyenne.
"There's no place for any of the family members to go visit him," she said. "Even though he's not laid there, it will at least be a presentation of him when Labor Day or Memorial Day comes and there will be a place we can go."
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