Family honors Marine's sacrifice

CNN ^ | May 26th, 2003 | Brian Cabell

[Kay Soze]

Family honors Marine's sacrifice 'We can always have his memories'

The three of them were building a life together before he was killed in an ambush in Nasiriya, Iraq, on March 23.

Now Chelle Pokorney has photographs, letters, memories -- and the knowledge, secure in her mind, that her husband's cause, to free the Iraqi people from Saddam Hussein's rule, has triumphed.

[McGavin999]

And I'll always be looking over my shoulder to see if he's there."

And he'll be there for you. Watching over you, sharing your triumphs and your failures. And on very quiet nights, you will feel him in the room with you, almost close enough to touch, and you'll know that he loves you as much now as he did when he was with you.

[snippy_about_it]

This is one of the ones mentioned this morning at Arlington by President Bush. I thought I recognized the name when I saw your post about those from Oregon.

[SAMWolf]

Thanks. Another good story to read today.