Hand-written letters to family by US soldiers who were killed in Iraq

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Hand-written letters to family by US soldiers who were killed in Iraq

In Troops' Final Words, Faith and Grace
Wartime Deaths Give Meaning to Each Syllable in What Became Last Letters Home

By Laura Blumenfeld and Julie Tate
Washington Post Staff Writers
Sunday, April 27, 2003; Page A01

One soldier wrote to his mother: Send more M&Ms. Another scribbled hello to his Nanny and Pop-pop. A Marine asked his girlfriend to tie a yellow ribbon in her hair. A reservist told his sister that if he didn't make it back, please read Rudyard Kipling's "If" at the funeral.

many more letters........

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A42604-2003Apr26�Found=true

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