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[geekchick]

First I read Terry's post, then a bit later I read the Esquire piece John Scalzi linked to (hard to read, but it was impossible to stop), and now I'm really, really glad that I have an office with a door that closes so that I didn't have to explain to my coworkers why I was sobbing at my desk.

Goddamnit.

http://www.defenselink.mil/news/casualty.pdf
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/fallen/

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[brian1789.livejournal.com]

And not only have their lives been wasted on the current administration's folly... they've actually given their lives to make this planet a worse place, and this country weaker.

[3fgburner.livejournal.com]

First time I've seen the Esquire piece. There's one about fallen Marines, from the November 11, 2005 Rocky Mountain News (http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2005/Nov/11/final-salute/).

I'm a PGR (http://www.patriotguard.org) member, although I've only been able to make one mission in the past several months. It always gets to me.

[geekchick]

There's one about fallen Marines, from the November 11, 2005 Rocky Mountain News.

Yeah, that's another serious tearjerker. I read it a while back and was thinking of re-reading it after finishing the Esquire article, but I'd hit the limits of my emotional masochism for the day. Hard to read, but impossible to stop.

[just-the-ash.livejournal.com]

This is exactly how I don't want my students to end up.