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Tue Apr 8, 6:41 PM ET Marine Lance Cpl. David Fribley's casket is pushed out of Warsaw Community High School gymnasium in Warsaw, Ind., Tuesday, April 8, 2003, at the end of the funeral service. Fribley, 26, was one of nine Marines killed March 23 during an attack by Iraqi troops who U.S. officials say had pretended to surrender before opening fire. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Tue Apr 8, 7:11 PM ET Unidentified mourners bow their heads in prayer during the funeral for slain Marine Corporal David Fribley at Etna Green cemetery in Etna Green, Indiana April 8, 2003. Fribley was the first serviceman from Indiana to be killed in the war against Iraq (news - web sites). REUTERS/Frank Polich

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Aboard the USS Truman: The water goblet remains half full in the Truman's Wardroom 3, a symbol of the thirst for freedom among American POWs.

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Never forget: No matter the time of day, a small, linen-covered table in each of the Truman's wardrooms is always set.

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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Mon Apr 7, 6:00 PM ET

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)