God Bless Them & Take Care of Their Families


	God Bless Them & Take Care of Their Families

blakelylaw

1-3-2009 3:06 PM

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marines, marine corps, iraq, military, duty, navy_cross

blakelylaw says:

Have a kleenex ready before you read the full article. Then ask yourself why we never heard about this in the media when the incident actually happened almost a year ago. And, yes, that is a rhetorical question.

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1-3-2009 4:10 PM

Antara

I hate the answer to that question

RIP brave and beautiful men.

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