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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 08:08 PM
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snow and sorrow in sauk city wisconsin (dialup warning - pix)
Edited on Fri Mar-24-06 08:10 PM by undeterred
Neighbors, family, friends, volunteer emergency service providers and veterans stood silently Tuesday as the black hearse carried Marine Lance Cpl. Nicholas Anderson home. He died March 13 of injuries sustained while serving in Afghanistan.

Edit: He was 21 years old.

http://www.madison.com/tct/news/index.php?ntid=77488&ntpid=0
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cspanlovr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 08:11 PM
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1. Heartbreaking
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TexasLawyer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 08:13 PM
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2. no wonder Bush doesn't want pictures of caskets.
absolutely wrenching.
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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 08:18 PM
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3. those pictures are beautiful in the most sorrowful way
for no other reason, being able to honor the soldier, the death by experiencing in pictures. thank you for posting these pictures. we should see and honor each and every person that is brought back to this country in coffin.
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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 08:26 PM
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5. great photography says more than words
The snowy picture of the burial was on the front page of the newspaper- I saw it when I was in a gas station tonight and came home to look it up and found the rest of the pictures.

This is a small town where everyone knows each other. His father was village president.
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bbinacan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 08:22 PM
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4. This brings back memories
both sad and happy. The snow is what caught my mind. It reminds me of my paternal Grandfather's funeral back in 1976. He was a WWII vet and buried with full military honors. Even though it was January in NC, it snowed that day and just somehow made the funeral peaceful and fitting for one's death. I was 11 years old at the time. The gun salute and the playing of Taps, in the snow, was oddly beautiful.
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mdmc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 09:00 PM
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6. God bless him and all that have suffered in this war.
:patriot:
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fooj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 09:25 PM
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8. Amen.
Peace.
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mdmc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 09:44 PM
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9. peace
and low stress.
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Minnesota Libra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 09:08 PM
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7. OMG that is so very very sad!! There are just no words. nt
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katinmn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 10:11 PM
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10. Such stark pictures.
Very sad. Very painful.
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 10:14 PM
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11. 21 years old. He hadn't really begun living yet.
Why do the young have to die in this immoral war? They don't understand. They don't know what they died for.

Think of what he might have become.

And weep for that possibility.
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 10:19 PM
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12. I have tears in my eyes
Thank you for sharing these pictures, painful as they are to look at. What I feel, of course, is absolutely nowhere near what the family and friends of this young man are feeling.

Bless the family, and bless all of you in your small town.

And bless the memory of this fine young man. :patriot:
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proud patriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 10:22 PM
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13. sad
very moving pictures :-(
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 10:39 PM
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14. Thank you, undeterred. Pictures are so powerful, and I'd
nominate this 100 times if I could so the whole country could see these.:cry:
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Hutzpa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 11:19 PM
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15. Does it really worth it......all these souls
Edited on Fri Mar-24-06 11:20 PM by spokane
lost for good, gone and sorrow left behind.


:yoiks:
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knitter4democracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-25-06 02:02 PM
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16. Eloi, eloi, lama sabacthani.
How horrible for his family, his community, all those who loved him. God, please, let them all come home now. Please.
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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-25-06 02:13 PM
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17. I'm not sure if the female in the last picture is girlfriend or sister
or friend but I can feel the loss must be enormous.
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