Posted on 04/11/2003 8:20:44 PM PDT by Happy2BMe
Miyuki Cawley, the wife of U.S. Marine Staff Sgt James Cawley, holds the flag from her husband's casket in her lap during graveside services at the Roy City Cemetery Thursday, April 10, 2003 in Roy, Utah. Cawley died March 29, 2003 while serving in Iraq and also was a member of the Salt Lake City police force.
Bishop Jaime Soto is shown Friday, April 11, 2003, at St. Joaquim Catholic Church in Costa Mesa, Calif., at the funeral of U.S. Marine Cpl. Jose A. Garibay, shown in foreground. Garibay was killed March 23, 2003, after encountering Iraqi troops near An Nasiriyah, Iraq
A U.S. Marine color guard escorts the casket of U.S. Marine Cpl. Jose A. Garibay following funeral services at St. Joaquim Catholic Church, Friday, April 11, 2003, in Costa Mesa, Calif. Garibay was killed Sunday March 23, 2003, near An Nasiriyah, Iraq. He was buried at Riverside National Cemetery.
Fernando Suarez del Solar, center, leads a group of pallbearers carrying the casket of his son Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jesus Suarez del Solar into his funeral at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Escondido, Calif. Friday, April 11, 2003. Del Solar was killed in Iraq on March 27th.
Amaryllis Hernandez, second from right, the mother of U.S. Marine Cpl. Robert Marcus Rodriguez, is aided with smelling salts at the funeral of her son at the Blessed Sacrament Memorial Church in Brooklyn Friday April 11, 2003. Cpl. Rodriguez was remembered Friday as a 'son of New York' who died in Iraq
Amaryllis Hernandez, upper left, the mother of U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Robert Marcus Rodriguez, looks skyward while being comforted by husband Clemente Hernandez, behind her, as her son's casket is carried by a Marine color guard from Blessed Sacrament Church, in Brooklyn, Friday April 11, 2003. Rodriguez was remembered Friday as a 'son of New York' who died in Iraq
Sgt. Javier Vila, from Miami, Fla. cries as he and fellow soldiers pay their respects at a memorial service for Cpl. Henry Brown in Baghdad on Friday, April 11, 2003. Brown was killed on April 7. Brown, 22, was from Natchez, Miss. and is survived by his wife Jordona
Soldiers pay their respects at a memorial service for Cpl. Henry Brown in Baghdad on Friday, April 11, 2003. Brown, who was the driver of the commander of the 2nd Brigade of the 3rd Infantry Division, was killed on April 7 when an Iraqi rocket hit the headquarters near Baghdad. Brown, 22, was from Natchez, Miss. and is survived by his wife Jordona.
A British army hand out photograph shows the coffin of British Royal Marine Captiain Philip Guy arriving to be laid to rest at Waltonwrays Cemetery, Skipton, North Yorkshire, April 11, 2003. Captain Guy was killed in a helicopter crash in Kuwait at the start of the conflict with Iraq. Leading mourners at the funeral, which took place with full military honours on Friday, was Guy's 29-year-old wife Helen who gave birth to the couple's daughter Emily shortly after his death.
The funeral prosession of Royal Marine Captain Philip Guy leaves the Holy Trinity Church in Skipton, North Yorkshire in Britain, April 11, 2003. Captain Guy was killed in a helicopter crash in Kuwait at the start of the conflict with Iraq
The coffin of Royal Marine Captain Philip Guy, who died in a helicopter crash in Kuwait at the beginning of the conflict in Iraq, is carried outside Holy Trinity Church, in Skipton, England Friday April 11, 2003. Captain Guy's funeral was being carried out with full military honours.
Cecil Cawley, the 8-year-old son of U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. James Cawley, waves at his fathers casket as it is loaded into a hearse Thursday, April 10, 2003, in Bountiful, Utah. Cecil's mother, Miyuki Cawley, left, looks on. Cawley, 41, a Marine reservist from Layton, died March 29 in Iraq when struck by a coalition Humvee as he sought refuge from enemy fire. He also was a Salt Lake City Police detective and served on the department's gang unit and SWAT team.
A Marine color guard carries the casket Lance Cpl. Thomas Slocum into Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church for funeral services, Thursday, April 10, 2003, in Denver. Slocum was among 10 Marines who died March 23 in fierce fighting near An Nasiriyah, Iraq
Keiko Cawley, at left, wearing light blue dress, the 6-year-old daughter of Staff Sgt. James Cawley, follows her father's casket as it is wheeled toward a hearse, Thursday, April 10, 2003, in Bountiful, Utah. Cawley, Utah's first casualty in the war in Iraq, was buried Thursday with full military and police honors. Cawley, 41, a Marine reservist from Layton, Utah, died March 29 in Iraq when struck by a coalition Humvee as he sought refuge from enemy fire. (
Miyuki Cawley, left, wife of U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. James Cawley, reacts as the American flag from her husband's casket is handed to her during graveside services at the Roy City Cemetery Thursday, April 10, 2003, in Roy, Utah. Next to Cawley are her mother, Aiko Miyagi, center, and her father, Takimitsu Miyagi, right. James Cawley died March 29 in Iraq when struck by a coalition Humvee as he sought refuge from enemy fire.
A U.S. Marine Honor Guard carries the casket of Marine Cpl. Evan James to his grave site in LaHarpe, Ill., Thursday, April 10, 2003. James, 20, of LaHarpe, drowned while attempting to cross a canal in southeast Iraq on March 24.
A Marine Honor Guard carries the casket of U.S. Marine Cpl. Evan James into funeral services Thursday, April 10, 2003, in La Harpe, Ill. James drowned while crossing the Saddam Canal on March 24 in southeast Iraq
Jorge and Yolana Rincon watch with their children Jorge Jr., and Stephanine as an American flag is folded during a funeral service for their son Army pfc. Diego Rincon Thursday, April 10, 2003 in Conyers, Ga. Rincon was killed March 29 in Iraq. In Spanish and English, friends and family of Diego Rincon remembered the Colombian-born U.S. soldier Thursday as a young man who touched hundreds of lives in just 19 years of life.
Dog tags, boots, rifles and photos of the fallen soldiers are on display as part of the fallen comrade memorial display at the memorial service for three servicemen from Fort Sill who were killed in the war in Iraq, at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Thursday, April 10. Pictured in the photographs from left to right are Sgt. 1st Class Randall Rehn, Sgt. Todd Robbins and Spc. Samuel Oaks, Jr. who were killed in Iraq on April 3, 2003.
Nannette Slocum, stepmother of Marine Lance Cpl. Thomas Slocum of Thornton, Colo., kisses the casket bearing the body of the soldier killed in Iraq after a memorial service in Fort Logan National Cemetery in Sheridan, Ccolo., on Thursday, April 10, 2003. Slocum wass the first soldier from Colorado killed in the conflict with Iraq
Nannette Slocum, left, stepmother of Marine Lance Cpl. Thomas Slocum of Thornton, Colo., writes a message on the lid of the casket bearing the first Colorado soldier to die in Iraq, as the Marine's 12-year-old stepsister Amanda fights back tears after a memorial service at Fort Logan National Cemetery in Sheridan, Colo., on Thursday, April 10, 2003.
Army Pfc. Diego Rincon's uniform and photograph stand next to his flag-draped casket during a funeral service Thursday, April 10, 2003 in Conyers, Ga. Rincon was killed March 29 in Iraq
In Memory of the Prison Artist
"Locked within the tyrant's cell
Powerless to escape this hell
Stripped of all humanity
With no way out, no way to flee
The things I once thought somehow mattered
Now utterly worthless, illusion shattered
All I think of now are my children and wife
More important to me than my very life
My imprisonment has forced me to measure
To recognize my only treasure"
EV
Left behind
Tony Nave, 6, son of U.S. Marine Maj. Kevin G. Nave, hugs a teddy bear after an April 5 funeral service at St. Patrick Church in White Lake, Mich. Maj. Nave was killed in action in Iraq on March 26.
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| Rocky Benard, right, cries as he embraces family member U.S. Navy Petty Officer Dale Tischler of State College, Pa., and Tischler's daughter Christina on Friday at Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base in Norfolk, Va. Tischler and his 319 crew mates aboard the USS Portland came home after a January deployment in support of the invasion of Iraq. After delivering 7,000 Marines to the Iraqi theater as part of a seven-ship amphibious task force, the Portland returned to her home port early to repair its propulsion system. |
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| Fernando Suarez del Solar looks into the hearse carrying the casket of his son Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jesus Suarez del Solar after his funeral at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Escondido, Calif., on Friday. Del Solar was killed in Iraq on March 27 |
My son will be returning soon from the sandbox. I just rocked his little boy to sleep.
Hope the anti-liberation crowd are looking at these.
EV
The Greatest Man and Bravest Man that ever lived did the same thing . . .
To all those that criticize our nation, our government, for taking this action, I would respect your concern if I heard you also respecting the young men and women that have given their life, when asked by their country.
They have paid the price for our freedom, with their lives. Those that use the media to voice their opinion should remember what it costs to keep the right to protest. The irony is that it is the one's not protesting that must pay the tab.
I am deeply grateful to all who are in the military and all who have supported those in the military. May God bless you and all of us in every way.....
My heart aches for the families left behind, but my American pride stands stronger than ever. God Bless these soldiers.
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