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Military mortuary open to media for first time since 1991
cnn ^
Posted on 04/05/2009 10:16:14 PM PDT by JoeProBono
For the first time since media coverage was banned in 1991, the return of the body of a fallen member of the U.S. armed forces was opened to news outlets late Sunday.
The U.S. Air Force informed media on Sunday that the family of Staff Sgt. Phillip Myers consented to allowing coverage of his casket being returned to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware.
Myers, 30, of Hopewell, Virginia, was a member of an engineering unit based in Britain.
He died Saturday in a roadside bombing in southern Afghanistan, the U.S. military reported.
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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Delaware
KEYWORDS: bho44; bhodod; dover; doverafb; fallen; hopewell; military; militaryfamilies; phillipmyers; usaf; virginia
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To: JoeProBono; SumProVita; HardStarboard; BradyLS; Ernest_at_the_Beach; dervish; Twotone; ...
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posted on
04/05/2009 10:21:25 PM PDT
by
Nachum
(the complete list at www.nachumlist.com)
To: JoeProBono
But now that “The One” is now president the news will NOT be clamoring for photos. Dead US soldiers are OK when a democrap is president.
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posted on
04/05/2009 10:22:47 PM PDT
by
Mr. K
(physically unable to proofreed (<---oops))
To: JoeProBono
The left are a bunch of ghoulish assholes. They were like vultures around any suffering in my war too. I despise them all.
Nam Vet
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posted on
04/05/2009 10:24:46 PM PDT
by
Nam Vet
("Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it." .... Henry David Thoreau)
To: Nam Vet
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posted on
04/05/2009 10:28:19 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: All
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posted on
04/05/2009 10:44:48 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: Mr. K
Democrat wars are good wars.
Did the media harp on the issue when we had troops in the Balkans a DECADE after the war?
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posted on
04/05/2009 10:47:25 PM PDT
by
Red6
To: JoeProBono
The families should sue the muzzie in chief personally!
LLS
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posted on
04/06/2009 5:16:51 AM PDT
by
LibLieSlayer
(hussein will NEVER be my President... NEVER!!!)
To: JoeProBono
What news media will out whore the rest on this news.
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posted on
04/06/2009 5:40:38 AM PDT
by
Vaduz
To: JoeProBono
Please do not post Getty images, thanks.
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