Nightline Friday: They're reading U.S. Dead Afghanistan

From their email:

As part of tonight's broadcast, we'll have a live camera at the Tomb for the changing of the guard. Now a couple of weeks ago, as I'm sure you all know, we did a broadcast called "The Fallen." It was our way of honoring those who have died in Iraq. Tonight we want to honor those who have paid the ultimate price in Afghanistan, and around the world on the far-flung fronts in the war on terror. Ted will read the names of those servicemen and women as we see the changing of the guard.

TONIGHT'S FOCUS: They honor the nation's fallen. Standing guard over the Tomb of the Unknowns, and providing the honor guards for all of the funerals at Arlington National Cemetery. They are the Old Guard. And we will honor the Fallen from the war on terrorism as part of tonight's broadcast.

All over Washington today, you see them. Men and women of a certain generation, many with canes, walking a little slower than they did more than 60 years ago, when the world was engulfed by war. World War II veterans and their families have come into town for this weekend's dedication of the new World War II memorial. Across the water is Arlington National Cemetery. The veterans are dying at a rate of more than a thousand a day. In a couple of years, we will lose them. And many of them will find their final resting place in those rolling hills across the Potomac from the new memorial. There is one Army unit that will mark their final rest, the Old Guard. This is the unit that provides the honor guard, and the salutes, at all of the funerals there. They also guard the Tomb of the Unknowns, walking their post literally through rain or shine. When a hurricane hit this area a while ago, the Old Guard was given permission to come inside, to take a break from their posts. They refused, and continued to stand guard through the storm. It is a rigid routine, timed out to the second, and it is quietly moving. Tonight, Nightline producer Artis Waters will introduce you to these soldiers, and take you inside their world. And you'll hear their thoughts as they mark the passing in Iraq of many of their comrades, for it is not just aged veterans who are being laid to rest at Arlington these days.

Happy Days reruns on TV I bet.

Their email doesn't say antything about reading the names of the dead.

May 27, 2004, 7:35PM

`Nightline' continues roll call of war
dead

Los Angeles Times

NEW YORK -- ABC News' Nightline will follow its controversial
tribute to U.S. troops killed in Iraq with a similar reading Friday of
the names of 122 service people killed in the war on terror, mostly
in Afghanistan.

Anchor Ted Koppel will read the names at the end of the
broadcast, which will largely focus on the elite Army unit that
guards the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery.
The names of those killed since October 2001, when the United
States invaded Afghanistan, will be shown on screen, along with
their military branch, rank and age, but no pictures.

Sinclair executives didn't immediately respond to calls about
whether the company plans to air Friday's broadcast. A Nightline
spokeswoman said the network was unaware of any planned
preemptions.

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Nightline isn't including photographs this time, he said, because
they weren't able to find enough of them.

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/features/2596144