{"id":64845,"date":"2014-01-26T21:30:59","date_gmt":"2014-01-26T21:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sierraexpressmedia.com\/?p=64845"},"modified":"2014-01-26T21:30:59","modified_gmt":"2014-01-26T21:30:59","slug":"indeed-a-hero-has-fallen-lt-col-tom-nyuma-ranger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/?p=64845","title":{"rendered":"Indeed a hero has fallen \u2013 Lt-Col Tom Nyuma (Ranger)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">My dear Brothers and Sisters at home and abroad, on behalf of the ex-servicemen and women of the Republic of Sierra Leone Military Forces (RSLMF) Overseas, I would like to take this opportunity to extend our heartfelt sympathy to the family of our dear brother-in-arms Rtd. Lt-Col Tom Nyuma as they mourn the sudden death\u00a0 of their beloved son.\u00a0 We just wanted to reassure the family that Lt. Col Tom Nyuma is indeed a hero who will never be forgotten for the great work he has done for our beloved country Sierra Leone. \u00a0Some of us have worked with Lt-Col Tom Nyuma both in peace and war time (Liberia rebel war to ours in Sierra Leone) and we know his worth and the leadership role played. \u00a0We believe that he is in a better place than where he left. \u00a0So, please have courage and be happy for God gives and has taken.\u00a0<em> (Photo: The late Rtd. Lt-Col. Tom Nyuma)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Every Sierra Leonean who wears the badge knows the burden that comes with it &#8211; the long hours and the stress; the knowledge that just about any moment could be a matter of life or death.\u00a0 Soldiers carry these burdens so the rest of others don\u2019t have to.\u00a0 And this shared sense of purpose brings us together, and it brings us as we mourn our dear brother-in-arms Lt. Col (Rtd) Tom Nyuma\u2019s sudden death.\u00a0 We come from different villages, towns, states, nations, and different backgrounds and different walks of life, but I know that we the ex-servicemen and women of RSLMF overseas have come together in unison:\u00a0 one family, united by a quiet strength and a willingness to offer our heartfelt\u00a0sympathy to our late dear brother Lt-Col. Tom Nyuma (Retired).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The rest of us can never fully understand what a soldier goes through.\u00a0 But please know that every Sierra Leonean holds every soldier in their hearts &#8211; not just today, but always.\u00a0\\\u00a0 On behalf of all of the entire Ex-Servicemen and Women RSLMF Overseas, we offer our thoughts, prayers, and deepest condolence to the Nyuma family. \u00a0May our dear brother Lt-Col Tom Nyuma\u2019s soul rest in perfect peace.<\/p>\n<address>Mathew S. Kamara (Major Retired)<\/address>\n<address>Houston, Texas<\/address>\n<p><b><i>Stay with Sierra Express Media, for your trusted place in news!<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<hr align=\"center\" size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My dear Brothers and Sisters at home and abroad, on behalf of the ex-servicemen and women of the Republic of Sierra Leone Military Forces (RSLMF) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":64846,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14394,671,751,11448],"tags":[17931,6010],"class_list":["post-64845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements","category-featured","category-global-news","category-local-news","tag-lt-col-tom-nyuma","tag-tom-nyuma"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=64845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/64846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}