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Remembering the Fallen
 US President George W. Bush (R) and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (C) place their hands over their hearts as Commanding Chaplain Col. Kerry Steedley salutes during the playing of the national anthem during ceremonies to mark Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery(AFP/Mike Theiler)  John Hamilton, a veteran of the Vietnam War, salutes during a Memorial Day ceremony at the Los Angeles National Cemetery Monday, May 26, 2003, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)  Carlos Mendez, a medic during the Vietnam War, plays the harmonica near the graves of thousands of veterans at the Los Angeles National Cemetery in the Westwood section of Los Angeles on Memorial Day, Monday, May 26, 2003. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)  Six-month-old Emily Gibbons looks up as her mother Kelly Gibbons, right, is comforted by Kevin Trumpower, her step-father-in-law, during a Memorial Day ceremony in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Monday, May 26, 2003. Kelly Gibbons is the widow of Chief Warrant Officer Thomas J. Gibbons, a Special Forces helicopter pilot killed Jan. 30, 2003, when his helicopter crashed in Afghanistan. She and other family members of servicemen killed on duty in Iraq and Afghanistan met earlier with President Bush at a private White House reception. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)  Members of the 91st Division, 363rd Infantry Regiment do a rifle salute at the San Francisco National Cemetery during a Memorial Day Ceremony in the Presidio in San Francisco, Monday, May 26, 2003. (AP Photo/Jakub Mosur)  Brig. Gen. Richard F. Natonski, commander of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, pauses before the beginning of a special Memorial Day service aboard the USS Kearsarge, Monday, May 26, 2003, to honor 23 Marines assigned to the brigade who where killed during combat missions in Iraq. More than 1,000 sailors and Marines were present during the ceremony, held on the ship which is returning home after deploying Jan. 12, 2003, and is expected to arrive at her homeport in Norfolk, Va., in late June. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Alicia Tasz)  US Army Pfc. Donald Schafer, who was wounded in Operation Iraqi Freedom, salutes during services on Memorial Day, Monday May 26, 2003, at the Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens in Timonium, Md. The 23-year-old tank operator was traveling with a convoy of armored vehicles in Iraq on April 5 when his tank was hit by a rocket and caught fire. Schafer was shot in the arm.(AP Photo/Matt Houston)  Cracks in the marble of the Tomb of the Unknowns can be seen running horizontally along the middle of the 71-year-old monument as U.S. Marines stand at attention during Memorial Day ceremony in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Monday, May 26, 2003. Arlington National Cemetery officials are searching for matching marble to replace the cracked memorial. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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