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Final Salute
When 2nd Lt. Jim Cathey's body arrived at the Reno Airport, Marines climbed into the cargo hold of the plane and draped the flag over his casket as passengers watched the family gather on the tarmac. During the arrival of another Marine's casket last year at Denver International Airport, Major Steve Beck described the scene as one of the most powerful in the process: "See the people in the windows? They'll sit right there in the plane, watching those Marines. You gotta wonder what's going through their minds, knowing that they're on the plane that brought him home," he said. "They're going to remember being on that plane for the rest of their lives. They're going to remember bringing that Marine home. And they should."God Bless the Marines (and all the other brave men and women in harms way, overseas and in the homeland). Read this. All of it. NOW. If you have a soul, it will rip in places, if you have eyes, they will have tears. Posted by: Oldspook 2005-11-12 |
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