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writingiscathartic: Photographer: Todd Heisler “When 2nd Lt. James Cathey’s body arrived at the Reno Airport, Marines climbed into the cargo hold of the place and draped the flag over his casket as passengers watched the family gather on the tarmac. During the arrival of another Marine’s casket at Denver International Airport, Major Steve Beck described the scene as one of the most powerful in the process: “See the people in the windows? They’ll sit right there in the plane, watching those Marines. You gotta wonder what’s going through their minds, knowing that they’re on the plane that brought him home,” he said. “They’re going to remember being on that plane for the rest of their lives. They’re going to remember bringing that Marine home. And they should.” This is one of the photos that was run in conjunction with Final Salute that I wrote about the other day. You can see more of them here.  

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Photographer: Todd Heisler

“When 2nd Lt. James Cathey’s body arrived at the Reno Airport, Marines climbed into the cargo hold of the place and draped the flag over his casket as passengers watched the family gather on the tarmac. During the arrival of another Marine’s casket at Denver International Airport, Major Steve Beck described the scene as one of the most powerful in the process: “See the people in the windows? They’ll sit right there in the plane, watching those Marines. You gotta wonder what’s going through their minds, knowing that they’re on the plane that brought him home,” he said. “They’re going to remember being on that plane for the rest of their lives. They’re going to remember bringing that Marine home. And they should.”

This is one of the photos that was run in conjunction with Final Salute that I wrote about the other day. You can see more of them here.  

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