Words Fail...So Please Go Read For Yourself

Thanks to a short photo essay in this week's TIME magazine I discovered this wonderfully written and photographed piece from the Rocky Mountain News on the Marines who handle family notifications for some Marines killed in Iraq. I got choked up and moved to tears several times while reading. Excellent work by Rocky Mountain News reporter Jim Sheeler and photographer Todd Heisler, who spent a year working on the piece, in telling the story of these Marines, their duty and these emotional scenes they've experienced.

For me, someone with serious concerns about the run up to the war in Iraq, it drives home why we have to be absolutely right about everything when it comes to combat...why the issue of faulty intelligence is so important, even after the fact: the sacrifices and courage of our soldiers and their families cannot be in vain.

Honor After The Fall [TIME]
Final Salute [Rocky Mountain News]