[SAMWolf]

Mary Ellen Bancroft, holding her year-old daughter, Bailey Madison Bancroft, stands near the pitcher's mound and listens to a tribute to her late husband before throwing out the ceremonial first pitch at the San Francisco Giants' home opener against the San Diego Padres in San Francisco, Friday April 5, 2002. Looking on at left is Giants' starting pitcher Kirk Rueter. Bancroft's late husband, Capt. Matthew W. Bancroft, a pilot in the Marines, was the first Northern California casualty of Operation Enduring Freedom.(AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

[COB1]

Thanks for that pic, SAM.
Those are what makes this war real to Americans back home.
If we had seen these in the VietNam war instead of reading body counts, we would have been able to recognize and accept our sacrifices.