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- Greatn3ss, on 01/17/2008, -17/+490This is the saddest/most beautiful thing I've read in a while. There's nothing else to say.
- Yelnik, on 01/17/2008, -4/+213I have never really lost anyone like that, but that picture really makes you think.
- arcangelgabriel, on 01/17/2008, -10/+190Semper Fi brother, may flights of angels guide you to your rest.
- ani625, on 01/17/2008, -4/+182That just says how much they loved each other.
- gegroff, on 01/17/2008, -2/+157I am always touched by the respect that the military has for their fallen.
- chronichyjinx, on 01/17/2008, -5/+137I'm from Canada and obviously not a Marine, but I'd stand there all night if I was asked.
Standing there for a night is minuscule in comparison to what he has done for his family and his country. - lnf69, on 01/17/2008, -9/+124*****, it's an honor for them. It's an honor for her as well.
- hmalik, on 01/17/2008, -10/+105Someone said up there in his/her comments that he felt sorry for marines standing all night but let me tell you, I am a Muslim, not a marine but If I was assigned that duty, that would have been an Honor for rest of my life.....this is very sad & touchy picture....I can not even imagine loosing loved ones. I pray for the safety of all the people around the world including US troops, being victim of this illegal war. May his soul rest in peace!
- flipmoe, on 01/17/2008, -3/+93I can't imagine losing my wife. That's a really touching photo.
- alkajazz, on 01/17/2008, -23/+103***** War. This shouldn't have to happen to anybody.
- inactive, on 01/17/2008, -1/+71Here are more of the same family. The woman in the photograph was pregnant too.
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So tragic.... - captmorgan555, on 01/17/2008, -8/+72Semper Fi
- inactive, on 01/17/2008, -5/+68Yes, respect.
That thing that you're lacking. - diggzoid, on 01/17/2008, -5/+53Yes, that image choked me up quite a bit....
- inactive, on 01/17/2008, -3/+48Wow, that site has a lot of really touching photographs
- openbah, on 01/17/2008, -2/+47Actually, we can. You will not find a Marine that would refuse to keep watch over a fallen brother.
Semper Fi. - ReverendRodger, on 01/17/2008, -2/+44Or maybe she loved him enough to respect his decisions, or maybe he was already a marine when they met.
But let's keep making childish judgments about people we don't know and disrespect people that have shown a great deal more bravery and selflessness than you probably ever will (despite the fact that the Iraq war is a horrible sham that our President has drug us into). - mrbradg, on 01/17/2008, -10/+51Not to take away from the pain I can only imagine what she went through and is going through.......lets bring our me and women HOME!! I'm a Vet of the Iraq War and you never get used to seeing stuff like this.
- nutcase, on 01/17/2008, -1/+41He died for his fellow Marines, his friends that he fought side-by-side with. That is the answer, having nothing to do with why the war is happening. He signed up, served and made friends, and ultimately help make sure his friends made it through each day alive. Unless you have served, it can be confusing to understand what it is all about.
- PoserDad, on 01/17/2008, -2/+42He offered
- Puttzy, on 01/17/2008, -1/+35Thank you for your service.
- lnf69, on 01/17/2008, -5/+37The whole collection is awesome!
http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0604/finalsalute ... - jetboyterp, on 01/17/2008, -12/+42Semper Fi, Devil Dog...
A certain reminder that freedom is not free. Rest in Peace. - Neiby, on 01/17/2008, -1/+28Don't even bother responding to the troll. If he doesn't understand the difference between the Army and the Marines, he should just keep his mouth shut.
- inactive, on 01/17/2008, -2/+28http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0604/finalsalute ...
At the first sight of her husband's flag-draped casket, Katherine Cathey broke into uncontrollable sobs, finding support in the arms of Major Steve Beck. When Beck first knocked on her door to notify her of her husband's death, she glared at him, cursed him, and refused to speak to him for more than an hour. Over the next several days, he helped guide her through the grief. By the time they reached the tarmac, she wouldn't let go.
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Minutes after her husband's casket arrived at the Reno airport, Katherine Cathey fell onto the flag. When 2nd Lt. James Cathey left for Iraq, he wrote a letter to Katherine that read, in part, "there are no words to describe how much I love you, and will miss you. I will also promise you one thing: I will be home. I have a wife and a new baby to take care of, and you guys are my world." - JEWestbrookJR, on 01/17/2008, -2/+27Amazing love, amazing woman, and the Marine who stood by her side as she slept is also an amazing man. The picture by it's self is already beautiful, but the caption just brought tears to my eyes. One of the most touching things I have ever seen on digg.
- Hartrain, on 01/17/2008, -19/+43What has this marine died for?
- UltraPenguinX, on 01/17/2008, -2/+26This is one of the extraordinarily few occasions where one can have "angels" in their comment, be serious, and not be buried into oblivion.
- robertml1, on 01/17/2008, -1/+25thank you for your bravery, may your comrades be home soon, where they belong.
- RobbieF, on 01/17/2008, -2/+24There seems to be something in my eye :/
- BassJunkie, on 01/17/2008, -1/+23Same here, it was only last night my wife mentioned she wouldn't know what to do if I was to die suddenly. This picture just really brings it home.
- inactive, on 01/17/2008, -0/+21After seeing the rest of those, I'm tearing up something fierce.
- snotrokit, on 01/17/2008, -1/+22amen brother. Ditto. Let's bring em home. I am a vet too, nothing could ever make me know what she is feeling, but I have folded a few flags over my friends caskets. You never get used to it.
- manetheren, on 01/17/2008, -4/+24Semper Fi, carry on.
- Grimdotdotdot, on 01/17/2008, -10/+30You dick.
- pianomahnn, on 01/17/2008, -0/+20The Marines aren't the Army.
- Puttzy, on 01/17/2008, -4/+23everything has to be political and can't be set aside by itself, can it? Appreciate this picture and keep political commentary for something else please
- Puttzy, on 01/17/2008, -1/+20yes, because your random quote sums up our military's recruiting slogan. Yes they do have respect, even though you dont
- treagh, on 01/17/2008, -3/+21A wife shows loyalty and love for a husband who showed the same for his country.
Semper Fi Devil Dog. Take your post on the streets of heaven. - Eslamicolt3, on 01/17/2008, -12/+30Goddammit Digg, thanks for happy start to my Thursday
- bigfinger, on 01/17/2008, -2/+20R.I.P.
- Egress99, on 01/17/2008, -3/+20That was a tough one. Really biting back the tears on that one.
- AngryAngryBrian, on 01/17/2008, -3/+20It doesn't matter, He did what he felt was right, and regardless of your position on the war it is not right to attack a man who has passed trying to help his country and protect his family. Wars are fought from behind desks but the bodies on the battlefield are of people who are willing to die to protect their country. In any battle, in any war, the enemy is human, they have a family, and they have wants and needs. Any human that falls deserves the respect of the people they where trying to protect, regardless of their actual results.
tl;dr: Blame the government, but don't mock the dead. - abenton, on 01/17/2008, -13/+30You.
- proseandpromise, on 01/17/2008, -2/+18Reminds me of the Edgar Allen Poe poem Annabel Lee.
- jimmytootime, on 01/17/2008, -0/+16Second Lt. James Cathey, Katherine's husband, died one month after he arrived in Iraq. He was killed instantly when he entered a booby trapped building ahead of the Marines under his command. Two days later, his wife Katherine learned that their baby would be a son.
Before Jim was buried, Katherine Cathey spent the last night with her husband. When she closed his coffin, she placed an ultrasound picture of their baby over his heart.
The baby was not due until Jan. 1. Early in the week before Christmas his mother and grandmother felt something was not right so they went into the hospital.
"They got a heartbeat when they put the monitor on but they weren't sensing that he was moving at all," Katherine said. "I was very scared."
Doctors rushed Katherine into the operating room.
"They all for the most part knew I had lost my husband and I couldn't go through losing the baby too," Katherine said.
After an emergency caesarean section, James Cathey Jr. (Jimmy, for short) arrived strong and healthy. He was an answer to so many prayers."I just looked at his face and that's when I started crying because I thought he's so beautiful," Katherine said. "I really feel like Jim has watched over me and the baby a lot."
http://nogovernmentcheese.blogspot.com/2005_12_01_ ... - redcard, on 01/17/2008, -0/+15*nods*
Honor Guard is one of the highest callings a soldier has. I remember when my Grandfather died, he had members of both the Marines and the Volunteer Fire Department standing Honor Guard.
I was impressed that these gentlemen gave of themselves in a dark, dark time.. for a many they might not have met. - clari0n, on 01/17/2008, -1/+16That may be true, but his cause and his honor was staked in this country and the ideals he holds for it. It's unfortunate that the politicians do not hold the same ideals.
- dinostabOMG, on 01/18/2008, -2/+17I'm thinking about it, and having a hard time making the connection between occupying someone else's country and freedom of speech.
- sesstreets, on 01/17/2008, -18/+33We need to get the ***** out of the middle east now.
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