The Final Salute

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Mary Ann and JarheadDad sent me this link to the Rocky Mountain News about a group of men that might just have the toughest duty in the war:

The Final Salute

...On the flight, the woman sitting next to him nodded toward his uniform and asked if he was coming or going. To the war, she meant.

He fell back on the words the military had told him to say: "I'm escorting a fallen Marine home to his family from the situation in Iraq."

The woman quietly said she was sorry, Conley said.

Then she began to cry...
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...Suddenly, the car door opened. A white-gloved hand reached into the limousine from outside - the same hand that had knocked on Katherine's door in Brighton five days earlier.

The man in the deep blue uniform knelt down to meet her eyes, speaking in a soft, steady voice.

"Katherine," said Maj. Steve Beck, "it's time."...

It's a tough and beautiful look at sadness and loss.  The dignity and honor of the US Marine Corps.

If ever I needed to give you a hanky alert, this is it...read all the stories compiled by the Rocky Mountain News and remember.

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The Final Salute

Mary Ann and JarheadDad sent me this link to the Rocky Mountain News about a group of men that might just have the toughest duty in the war:

The Final Salute

...On the flight, the woman sitting next to him nodded toward his uniform and asked if he was coming or going. To the war, she meant.

He fell back on the words the military had told him to say: "I'm escorting a fallen Marine home to his family from the situation in Iraq."

The woman quietly said she was sorry, Conley said.

Then she began to cry...
<...>
...Suddenly, the car door opened. A white-gloved hand reached into the limousine from outside - the same hand that had knocked on Katherine's door in Brighton five days earlier.

The man in the deep blue uniform knelt down to meet her eyes, speaking in a soft, steady voice.

"Katherine," said Maj. Steve Beck, "it's time."...

It's a tough and beautiful look at sadness and loss.  The dignity and honor of the US Marine Corps.

If ever I needed to give you a hanky alert, this is it...read all the stories compiled by the Rocky Mountain News and remember.

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