Picture of the Day - 2
(The casket of Air Force Staff Sgt. Phillip Myers, of Hopewell, Va., who was killed Afghanistan on April 4 is carried by an honor guard on Sunday, April 5, 2009 in Dover Air Force Base, Del. After receiving permission from the family, Myers is the first casualty to be observed arriving at Dover marks the end of the ban on media news coverage of returning war dead was put in place 18 years ago. (AP/Evan Vucci))
posted by mikevotes at
10:55 AM
2 Comments:
This is not something I'm relieved to see. It is something that should be seen. If dying for your country is an honor, then this is an honor ceremony.
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Unknown, at 1:47 PM
Yeah. It has a certain respect about it.
But the Bush fear wasn't the image of one coffin. It was the fear of the image of 6 a day.
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mikevotes, at 1:50 PM
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