I must confess, as I was watching all those young Marines, my first, though fleeting thought was "I can't believe some idiots actually wanted to replace those covers."
BTW..do you have any links to close-up pictures of the monument, and/or the list of those names inscribed. I'm pretty sure that the grandson of a friend of mine is on the stone.
I have images but not of that. I did find that information you are looking for here: http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-971741