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Final Salute - Wife sleeps one last night next to fallen Marine.
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| 1/17/2008
Posted on 01/18/2008 5:21:44 AM PST by txzman
Touching Picture.
TOPICS: Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: notacurrentevent
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The night before the burial of her husband's body, Katherine Cathey refused to leave the casket, asking to sleep next to his body for the last time. The Marines made a bed for her, tucking in the sheets below the flag. Before she fell asleep, she opened her laptop computer and played songs that reminded her of "Cat," and one of the Marines asked if she wanted them to continue standing watch as she slept. "I think it would be kind of nice if you kept doing it," she said. "I think that's what he would have wanted."
I thank God I can understand this kind of love.
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posted on
01/18/2008 5:21:47 AM PST
by
txzman
To: txzman
You made my monitor go all blurry...
To: txzman
Man, just reading that headline again makes me choke up.
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posted on
01/18/2008 5:25:02 AM PST
by
rightinthemiddle
(Guess what? I'm voting for the Conservative. Fred Thompson.)
To: txzman
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posted on
01/18/2008 5:28:28 AM PST
by
BufordP
(Had Mexicans flown planes into the World Trade Center, Jorge Bush would have surrendered.)
To: txzman
God bless them both.
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posted on
01/18/2008 5:28:59 AM PST
by
wideawake
(Why is it that those who call themselves Constitutionalists know the least about the Constitution?)
To: rightinthemiddle
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posted on
01/18/2008 5:29:31 AM PST
by
Frobenius
To: txzman
This was so touching.
It was all I could do to keep from crying for this devoted wife. Tears are still welling up as I write.
I am raising a prayer up on her behalf for strength in her loss.
Emerging Patriot
To: txzman
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posted on
01/18/2008 5:30:35 AM PST
by
G.Mason
(And what is intelligence if not the craft of out-thinking our adversaries?)
To: txzman
Wow, not a good thing to cry at work....
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posted on
01/18/2008 5:30:54 AM PST
by
Harry Pothead
(One issue voter, who wil kill islamofacists?)
To: txzman
God, that is heartbreaking.
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posted on
01/18/2008 5:33:05 AM PST
by
ShadowDancer
(Alcoholism is a disease, but it’s the only disease that you can get yelled at for having.)
To: txzman
Our family thanks God for these people every night. My children will always know the sacrifices made by them and their families.
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posted on
01/18/2008 5:33:50 AM PST
by
stevio
((NRA))
Going through all the photos was a very moving experience.
I’m sitting here with tears in my eyes, and I’ve got to start getting ready to go to work.
Those images will be staying with me for a very long time.
Mark
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posted on
01/18/2008 5:35:30 AM PST
by
MarkL
To: stevio
We are made taller, stronger, and more secure because of their sacrifice.
Lest We Forget.
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posted on
01/18/2008 5:36:55 AM PST
by
fifthvirginia
(keeping their memory green)
To: BufordP
Thanks for the link to her video and what she said about why she stayed with him. I can hardly type this..but she was pregnant and put a picture of his baby's ultra sound in in casket with him, over his heart.
I pray this girl is doing OK.
sw
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posted on
01/18/2008 5:40:46 AM PST
by
spectre
(spectre's wife)
To: txzman
My goodness after seeing the other pictures I am crying like a baby.We are fortunate to live in a nation that has such men and women.May God bless them all.
To: txzman
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posted on
01/18/2008 5:46:05 AM PST
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3rd Bn. 5th Marines, RVN 1969. St. Michael the Archangel defend us in battle!)
To: txzman
I’m a bubbling mess right now. The pictures break my heart and fill my heart with pride at the same time.
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posted on
01/18/2008 5:48:30 AM PST
by
submarinerswife
("If I win I can't be stopped! If I lose I shall be dead." - George S. Patton)
To: txzman
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posted on
01/18/2008 5:50:01 AM PST
by
ontap
(Just another backstabbing conservative)
To: txzman
WOW. Please, God, Bless her and give her peace.
I bet the Marine standing guard never, EVER thought about that post.
WOW !
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posted on
01/18/2008 5:55:28 AM PST
by
Delta 21
( MKC USCG - ret)
To: txzman
There but for the Grace of God go I. God Bless & Keep Her.
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posted on
01/18/2008 5:56:16 AM PST
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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