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Prayers For Dead Buddy
The Sun ^
| 4/22/04
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Posted on 04/08/2004 7:53:24 PM PDT by arjay
Tender moment ... US Marines pray over fallen buddy
GRIEF-stricken US Marines huddle together in prayer over the body of a dead pal yesterday. For a few precious moments of mourning the tough troopers turned from the fury of battle at Fallujah to bid him farewell.
The Marines had fought hard to keep their buddy alive. They had bound his head wound after he was hit by shrapnel, then defied enemy fire to carry him to a first-aid post. But nothing could save him.
Mercy dash ... US soldier carried to safety
The casualty was among more than 40 Americans killed so far this week. At least 480 Iraqi rebels died in the same period.
The bodies of some Americans have yet to be recovered. An official said: We dare not reach them because of the fighting.
(Excerpt) Read more at thesun.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: casualty; courage; iraq; marines; semperfi; thelastfullmeasure; tragedy; usmc; valor
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I could not get the pictures to work, but you should go to the original source. It is heartbreaking to see, but I am filled with pride over the strength of our fighting men.
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posted on
04/08/2004 7:53:26 PM PDT
by
arjay
To: arjay
I would really appreciate it if someone would help me out and post the pictures from the article.
Thanks.
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posted on
04/08/2004 8:03:43 PM PDT
by
arjay
("I don't do bumper stickers." Donald Rumsfeld)
To: arjay
That is a very moving photo.
God bless these troops, and give them strength for the battle, courage for the day.
Lord, grant eternal rest to this brave young Marine and to all his fallen comrades.
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posted on
04/08/2004 8:04:56 PM PDT
by
Palladin
(Proud to be a FReeper!)
To: arjay
The pictures are copyrighted, and they have their site fixed so no one can copy.
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posted on
04/08/2004 8:05:51 PM PDT
by
Palladin
(Proud to be a FReeper!)
To: arjay
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Thu Apr 8,10:20 AM ET |
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U.S. Marines pray over a fallen comrade at a first aid point after he died from wounds suffered in fighting in Fallujah, Iraq, Thursday, April 8, 2004. Hundreds of U.S. Marines have been fighting insurgents in several neighborhoods in the western Iraqi city of Fallujah in order to regain control of the city. (AP Photo/Murad Sezer) |
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posted on
04/08/2004 8:07:36 PM PDT
by
Alouette
(In every generation they rise up to destroy us, but the Holy One saves us from their hands)
To: Palladin; arjay
Anyone that has a web site up can right-click save, put up on web, then post. Or we can just click on over ;)
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posted on
04/08/2004 8:07:58 PM PDT
by
Libertina
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To: Libertina
Looks like Alouette has found a way around it.
Thanks, Alouette!
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posted on
04/08/2004 8:09:38 PM PDT
by
Palladin
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To: Palladin
I could copy them to my desktop, but how to get them here?
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posted on
04/08/2004 8:09:41 PM PDT
by
blu
To: arjay
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Thu Apr 8, 9:53 AM ET |
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U.S. soldiers carry a colleague from the scene of an attack on their convoy in Fallujah, Iraq, in this image made from video Thursday, April 8, 2004. Two marines were wounded in the attack when their vehicle was attacked by a rocket-propelled grenade. (AP Photo/US Pool via APTN) |
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posted on
04/08/2004 8:10:08 PM PDT
by
Alouette
(In every generation they rise up to destroy us, but the Holy One saves us from their hands)
To: arjay
Very touching photograph.
RIP dear hero.
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posted on
04/08/2004 8:11:47 PM PDT
by
ladyinred
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To: arjay
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Thu Apr 8, 9:12 AM ET |
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An US Troop helps an injured compatriot away from a burning tank in Falluja, Iraq April 8, 2004. Between 280 and 300 Iraqis have been killed and at least 400 hurt in fighting in Falluja this week as U.S. Marines launched a major mission to root out guerrillas, the director of its main hospital, Rafi Hayat, said on Thursday. |
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posted on
04/08/2004 8:12:21 PM PDT
by
Alouette
(In every generation they rise up to destroy us, but the Holy One saves us from their hands)
To: Palladin
How I pray for peace, but peace with honor. How
I pray that the extremist Islamic terrorists will be
stopped by the mighty hand of the true God of
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. - I think of the sadness
of my dear Dad with tears when he thought of his
fallen buddies even when he was in his eighties.
FREEDOM IS NOT FREE!
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posted on
04/08/2004 8:12:33 PM PDT
by
Twinkie
To: Palladin
The same pictures are on Yahoo.
Go to Yahoo! News Photos and search on "US Marines"
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posted on
04/08/2004 8:13:16 PM PDT
by
Alouette
(In every generation they rise up to destroy us, but the Holy One saves us from their hands)
To: blu
No can do. You have to put them on the internet first, if you have your own website.
Alternatively, you can right click, highlight, copy, and paste, using the IMG html here.
This one wouldn't work that way for me.
Alouette, did you get the pic from a different site?
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posted on
04/08/2004 8:14:44 PM PDT
by
Palladin
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Big bump...
To: Palladin
Thanks again, A. You are a quick thinker!
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posted on
04/08/2004 8:16:17 PM PDT
by
Palladin
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To: Twinkie
That is a beautiful post.
I have seen many a grizzled veteran weep openly at the thought of comrades lost decades ago.
Lord, be with the men who have to watch their buddies suffer and die in a far-off land. Give them the peace that surpasses all understanding. Amen.
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posted on
04/08/2004 8:18:13 PM PDT
by
Palladin
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To: Libloather; Travis McGee
So sad.
Words fail me.
Thanks for the ping.
God bless them.
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posted on
04/08/2004 8:19:31 PM PDT
by
onyx
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To: Libloather
Thanks.
May God bless them.
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posted on
04/08/2004 8:20:02 PM PDT
by
Pan_Yans Wife
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To: Alouette; Palladin
LOL FReepers don't know the word "can't."
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posted on
04/08/2004 8:21:28 PM PDT
by
Libertina
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