With the Iraq War, a New Generation of Gold Star Mothers

Newhouse News Service ^ | 4/14/03 | Delia M. Rios

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Tue Nov 25, 5:29 PM ET
Daughters Taylor, 8, (L) and Landry stand with their mother Kassandra as the flag-draped casket of U.S. Sgt. First Class Gary L. Collins is carried to its burial site during his funeral at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, outside Washington, November 25, 2003. Collins was killed in Iraq (news - web sites) on November 8, 2003, when his Bradley Fighting Vehicle hit an explosive device in Fallujah. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

 

Tue Nov 25, 5:25 PM ET
Daughter Landry Collins, 6, looks up at her mother Kassandra as her sister Taylor, 8, kneels with them at the casket of U.S. Sgt. First Class Gary L. Collins during his funeral at Arlington National Cemetery outside Washington, November 25, 2003. Collins was killed in Iraq (news - web sites) on November 8, 2003, when his Bradley Fighting Vehicle hit an explosive device in Fallujah. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

 

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Thu Dec 11, 5:47 PM ET
An unidentified relative offers prayer at the funeral pyre of U.S. Army Sgt. Uday Singh in Chandigarh, India, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2003. Singh was the first Indian killed in the Iraq (news - web sites) conflict on Dec. 1, when his convoy was ambushed in Habbaniyah, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Baghdad. Also seen in background are U.S. Army Sgt. Richard Allan, top left, and Sgt. Jeffrey Smith, top center. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)

 

Thu Dec 11, 9:03 AM ET
Father of U.S. Army Sgt. Uday Singh, former Indian Army Lt. Col. Preet Mahinder Singh, reacts while meeting relatives after his son's funeral in Chandigarh, India, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2003. Sgt. Uday Singh was the first Indian killed in the Iraq (news - web sites) conflict when his convoy was ambushed on Dec. 1, in Habbaniyah, about 50 miles from Baghdad. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)

 

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Thu Dec 11, 1:00 PM ET
Jill Kiehl holds her 6-month-old son, Nathaniel, as they sit below the flag she was presented at her husband's funeral, in her Des Moines, Iowa, home Dec. 2, 2003. Keihl's husband, Army Spc. James Kiehl, was killed in Iraq (news - web sites) seven weeks before Nathaniel was born. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)