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SHOWING THEIR SUPPORT: Mourners contend with heavy rain while lining State Road outside Second Church in Plymouth yesterday..
SHOWING THEIR SUPPORT: Mourners contend with heavy rain while lining State Road outside Second Church in Plymouth yesterday.

Photo by Ted Fitzgerald


SOMBER: A horse-drawn carriage yesterday carries the body of Army Sgt. Benjamin Sherman who reportedly drowned trying to rescue a fellow soldier in Afghanistan.


Army Sgt. Benjamin Sherman.


1 posted on 11/21/2009 5:08:14 PM PST by SandRat
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To: BykrBayb

PING


2 posted on 11/21/2009 5:08:37 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
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To: SandRat
"Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down his life for his friends"...John 15:13
3 posted on 11/21/2009 5:24:30 PM PST by tflabo (truth vs. tyranny)
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To: SandRat

Prayers for his family. What a good man to do this. I’m so sorry he didn’t make it. Another hero in heaven.


4 posted on 11/21/2009 5:34:29 PM PST by mrsmel
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To: SandRat

Rest in Peace, Dear Sgt.


5 posted on 11/21/2009 5:38:35 PM PST by maine-iac7 ("He has the right to criticize who has the heart to help" Lincoln)
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To: SandRat

Prayers for Sgt. Sherman’s family. God bless and comfort them.


6 posted on 11/21/2009 5:43:53 PM PST by LucyJo
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To: SandRat

I wonder how Matthew Koh feels about this story?


9 posted on 11/21/2009 6:09:35 PM PST by Third Person ("Fear is the mind killer." -Frank Herbert)
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To: SandRat

Eternal rest, soldier.


10 posted on 11/21/2009 6:10:14 PM PST by BlessedBeGod (New Wizard of Oz: Pelosi as the Wicked Witch of the West & Michelle as the Wicked Witch of the East.)
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To: SandRat
Our paper did a compilation of photos on Wednesday, when Sgt. Sherman came home to Plymouth from Hanscom AFB. We all came out to honor the fallen hero. The streets were lined for miles as his body took a final tour of all the places he so loved in Plymouth. May God rest his soul and bless his wife Tricia and their unborn child.


11 posted on 11/21/2009 6:33:24 PM PST by Stars&StripesNE
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To: SandRat

Beutiful man-our kids.Amen Good Soildier.We went through this with firemen at a refinery fire.Hero’s-Saints.God bless them.


15 posted on 11/21/2009 6:48:39 PM PST by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: SandRat

Rest in peace Sgt. Sherman. May God bring comfort to your loved ones.

Prayers up for Sgt. Islip and his loved ones.


16 posted on 11/22/2009 1:00:26 AM PST by BykrBayb (Somewhere, my flower is there. ~ Þ)
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To: SandRat

Thank you SandRat. This is a beautiful tribute.


17 posted on 11/22/2009 1:00:47 AM PST by BykrBayb (Somewhere, my flower is there. ~ Þ)
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To: SandRat

One of the ladies in the Massachusetts MOM group mentioned Ben in a post a couple of weeks ago, just after he went missing. He truly laid down his life for a friend.


22 posted on 11/23/2009 12:01:31 PM PST by SuziQ
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