How many of those flag-draped coffins represent your home state?

[Maddy McCall]

Fifteen represent soldiers from Mississippi who have died in Iraq.

That is a very somber thing to watch. Very sad.

[LizW]

1. Alabama: 21

[goclark]

3. And Alabama loves Bush right?

How can they not understand what he has done?

[LizW]

5. Ya got me there

It is beyond understanding.

[trof]

14. Thanks for doing the scut work.

I was about to look it up.

[LizW]

16. I just happened to know

because a guy whose parents live in my hometown was number 21 last week. :(

Staff Sergeant Robert C. Thornton, Jr., age 35.

RIP

[Melodybe]

2. Yes, it is very sad, a thousand families destroyed for what?

[ezekiel333]

4. Florida 43

[goclark]

6. And Florida loves Bush right?

Help me understand this country.

[ezekiel333]

11. Depends on what you believe...

Yes, I live in occupied territory, controlled by two sons a bushes and a swarm of rednecks. However, there are many of us who oppose him and therefore the collective "Florida" does not love him.

Now if you want to listen to the state controlled media and the majority of NASCAR fans & their like, yes, that Florida does love him. And if you are seeking knowledge as to why "they" love him? Good luck. Maybe it is that they share the same mental illness or genetic defect that makes George insane. The same one that blinds them from the truth even when it bitch slaps them in the face. The one that makes them.....fill in your choice of absurd George follower traits...

Truth is I can't help you understand him or them, I lack the psychology degree required to diagnose the disorder. If you do find an decent explanation let me know.

[ezekiel333]

12. BTW - How many has your state lost? eom

[goclark]

17. California is my state

I'm not sure how many precious soldiers we have lost.

California has Arnold to take care of us however --- he is such a phony.

[ezekiel333]

18. California 113

My former home. Last lived in Eureka, Good old Humboldt County, but also LA area.

[goclark]

19. It is so very sad - this did not need to happen

This really did not need to happen at all.

[GiovanniC]

7. 30 From Michigan, And Here's An Easy Way To Find Your State

http://icasualties.org/oif/StateMap.aspx

[stavka]

13. Michigan: One represented a classmate, one my sister-n-laws cousin

USMC Maj. Kevin Nave was in a Mid-east PoliSci class I was a TA for....he made a speech at the age of 21 to the section I was involved with a year or so before his ROTC commissioning into the Marines (I think it was about 1989) that made me feel embarrassed for him, but think - hey, somebody's got to do the job, and if this skinny kid wants to be a Lt. in the Marines that's great, means I don't have to do it. It obviously made enough of an impression I remembered him 15 years later.

Now he's dead.

The sister in laws cousin was, according to my father, a crew member on a that Chinook shot down killing a dozen or more....

My brother and I don't really see eye to eye on these issues, so the details are a little slim.....


For Them - I Remember

[jean]

8. I wonder if one thousand coffins.org has considered using these

again - in another venue - they could define how many troops have died from our states - this is such a profound thing - it should be repeated again and again in other cities.

[underseasurveyor]

10. A march across the US

Passing the procession of coffins off to new marchers along the route Coast to Coast.

[jean]

20. yes - they'd have to beef up the cardboard though -

[underseasurveyor]

9. 12 from Iowa the state I live in now

113 from my home state of California.....
and 1 member of the family who was originally from Maine (6 total from that state).

:-(

[GreenInNC]

15. 22 from NC

But alot of the dead were stationed here and their families live here.