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Documenting the Return of U.S. War Dead
URL: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/04/documenting_the_return_of_us_w.html

Description:
"On April 5th, 2009, the repatriation of the remains of Air Force Staff Sgt. Phillip Meyers became the first such event to be covered by the press in 18 years. This process has taken place, undocumented, over 5,000 times since the beginning of the war in Afghanistan in 2001. Collected here are photographs documenting the transfers of nine soldiers that have taken place since April 5th, 2009." From the website for the Boston Globe.

LII Topics: Casualties & Wounded Soldiers, News Coverage of the War, U.S. Military, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq

Publisher:
The New York Times Co.

LII Database Information:
Record 28265 created by Maria Brandt on 04/22/2009
Last modification on 04/24/2009
Published: 05/20/2009  
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/28265

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