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Posted on 04/14/2003 8:23:37 AM PDT by Incorrigible
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Fallen soldiers Six pairs of boots, weapons, helmets and night-vision goggles -- representing the six crewmembers killed in the crash of a U.S. Army Blackhawk helilcopter -- are displayed in a hangar at the Baghdad airport during a memorial service on April 12. The cause of the accident is still under investigation, but U.S.commanders have said enemy fire was not believed to have brought down the aircraft. |
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| Sat Apr 12, 6:10 PM ET |
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Walter Scholl, a Vietnam War veteran, left, with his wife Nancy, salute at the casket of Army Sgt. George E. Buggs, prior to the funeral, Saturday, April 12, 2003, in Barnwell, S.C. Buggs, 31, was killed when Iraqi troops ambushed his convoy last month near the southern city of Nasiriyah, Iraq (news - web sites). (AP Photo/Lou Krasky) |
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| Fri Apr 11,11:36 PM ET |
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Simona Garibay receives a U.S. flag from Maj. Brian Dolan during funeral services for her son, Cpl. Jose Angel Garibay, at Riverside National Cemetery, April 11, 2003. Cpl. Garibay, who was awarded posthumous citizenship, was buried Friday with full military honors. He was also named honorary Costa Mesa policeman after Chief Dave Snowden learned Garibay hoped to become a police officer after completing his military duties. Cpl. Garibay, a native of Mexico, was killed March 23 near Nasiriyah, Iraq (news - web sites). REUTERS/Rose Palmisano-Orange County Register NO SALES, NO ARCHIVE, NO MAGS |
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| Fri Apr 11, 4:02 PM ET |
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Joan Curtin (C) cries as an unidentified man holds the flag for her son Army Cpl. Michael E. Curtin, at his funeral in Howell Township, New Jersey, April 11, 2003. Curtin, 23, died along with three other soldiers from his unit of the Third Infantry Division in the March 29 suicide bombing at a military checkpoint. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton |
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| Fri Apr 11, 3:23 PM ET |
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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 (news - web sites) . (AP Photo/Radcliffe Roye) |
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There is a water goblet half full, a plate with a spoonful of salt in the middle, a red rosebud off to the side and two small flags -- one American and one black-and-white for all of the prisoners of war and missing in action.
It's an honor table, a long Navy tradition and, at a moment when American troops are still in enemy hands, a place worth spending a little time looking at again.
The table is set for one to remember those absent. It's small -- could really only seat one -- to represent the fragility of the prisoner against his captor.
The rose is red to symbolize the blood shed for freedom. And the water to show that there is still thirst for that freedom.
Salt signifies their pain, lest this Navy forget. The china: bone white, to capture the purity of their mission.
"The place we sit for them is a special place," a display card reads. "As is the place we hold for them in our hearts, our minds and our Navy."
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Ellijah Mitchell stands in front of the flag-draped casket of his stepfather, Army Spc. Jamaal Rashard Addison, following a funeral service in Conyers, Ga., Monday, April 7, 2003. Addison was killed in an ambush attack on the 507th Maintenance Company in central Iraq (news - web sites) on March 23. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) |
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