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Rocky Mountain News ^ | 15 December 2006 | Jim Sheeler

[A.A. Cunningham]

The skinny sailor sat in the Philadelphia airport terminal in his deep-blue dress uniform, cracking his knuckles, shifting in his seat, waiting for his best friend.

A woman from the airline walked over and motioned for him to follow. She saw the nervous look on the sailor's face and stopped.

[A.A. Cunningham]

Chris Schneider © News

Moments after the casket bearing friend and fellow Navy Hospital Corpsman Christopher Anderson is transferred to a plane in Philadelphia on Tuesday, John Dragneff can no longer hold back his tears. Anderson, 24, died in a mortar attack in Ramadi, Iraq. He requested that Dragneff be his escort if he were killed in action.

Slide show: Bringing home his "brother"

[OldFriend]

There are no words. Just a heartfelt thank you to all who serve. To all who understand what the mission is all about.

[mewzilla]

Combat medic showed poise under duress

There's a picture of Corpsman Anderson at the link.

God bless the corpsman and his family.

God bless our troops.

[gaijin]

GREAT Post!

I freaking cried.

[Bulldawg Fan]

Only maintaining freedom is worth such a price.

God bless them all.

[Bahbah]

Corpsman Christopher Anderson, who more than self his country loved, and mercy more than life....

[Wings-n-Wind]

Thanks for the post, Alfred A....
Semper Fi....

Christmas blessings...

[passionfruit]

Thanks for the photo, I went through the slideshow of photos from the newspaper and there weren't any of this young patriot. I reaad the article and cried like a baby!

[Bahbah]

Same here. Actually, I still haven't regained my composure.

[Garvin]

Semper Fi, Doc

[M Kehoe]

Florida has too much sand, and it's blowing all around me...getting everywhere...

5.56mm

[B.O. Plenty]

Navy Hospital Corpsman Christopher Anderson:

May the Lord bless and keep you....and make His Face shine upon you...

....and bring you Peace.

[Eagles6]

Hard to believe that Jim Sheeler is in the same profession as maureen dowd, new york times, wapo and their ilk.

Very powerful. I'm starting to believe that we, as a country, don't deserve the sacrifice of these heroes.

[fatrat]

OO-rah, Navy Corpsman rock.

[allen08gop]

Powerful. Simply powerful.

As I get older, I cry more often. With wisdom comes appreciation for others.

[Eclectica]

I must be really old.

[Just A Nobody]

What an awesome tribute to one of America's finest.
Jim Sheeler did a good job.

[Moose4]

Awesome. The Rocky Mountain News and Jim Sheeler do it again.

Are you seeing this, Drive-by Media? THIS is how you report on a war. You show the pain, the courage, the pride, the loss, ALL OF IT. And you don't slant it to try and bring down the President and put your own cronies in power.

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