No snap salute so crisp is worthy enough for a soldier who has lost his life. Six soldiers died in Iraq on January 6, 2005. Defying the Pentagon's orders, their mothers shared their grief in the light of a most dark day. Freedom's defense is fought at home as much as in foreign lands. The battle of freedom is won with a mother's heart as well as with her son's hands. May the courage of the living give comfort to the dead.
The Heretik
art from AP photo/Bill Haber
Six National Guardsmen from Southeast Louisiana were killed by a
roadside explosive on 6 January 2005. Their remains, in flag-draped
coffins, arrived in Belle Chasse, near New Orleans, six days later.
The Pentagon told the Guard to keep out the media, but the families of
all six soldiers wanted to share the sad homecoming with the world.
Obeying the family's wishes instead of the Pentagon's, the Guard
allowed the press - including CBS News and the Associated Press - to
film and photograph the arrival ceremony.
The soldiers:
* Sgt. Armand "Luke" Frickey
* Sgt. 1st Class Kurt
Comeaux
* Staff Sgt. Chritopher Babin
* Sgt. Huey Fassbender III
* Sgt.
Warren Murphy
* Sgt. Bradley Bergeron
From: The Memory Hole > Military Ceremony for Louisiana National Guardsmen Killed in Iraq.
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