Fallen Soldiers
The Washington Post provides this last letter written home (pdf) by Sgt. Michael Bitz. It will probably make you cry. It is part of a larger tribute the Post has put together called Faces of the Fallen. See also letters from Cpl. Kemaphoom Chanawongse and Lance Corporal Andrew Aviles. It’s one thing to read that seven U.S. soldiers were killed today or yesterday. It’s another to click around that site looking at their photographs, looking at their ages, and realizing they’re gone. They’ve got moms, dads, wives, husbands, sons, daughters, brothers, and sisters whose lives are forever changed.
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