Pictures of a Funeral

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Hundreds of people attend a public memorial service for Cpl. Joseph Anzack at South High Football Stadium in Torrance June 1, 2007. Anzack, who graduated from South High in 2005, will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery. His unit was ambushed while patrolling south of Baghdad. His body was later found floating in the Euphrates River on May 23, 11 days after he was first missing in action. REUTERS/Gus Ruelas (UNITED STATES)


(L-R) Sister of Cpl. Joseph Anzack Jr., Casey, 16, his mother, Teresa and father Joseph Sr., stand as Taps is played during a public memorial service at South High Football Stadium in Torrance June 1, 2007. REUTERS/Gus Ruelas (UNITED STATES)


(L-R) Sister, Casey Anzack, 16, mother, Teresa and father, Joseph Sr., react to a humorous story as friends eulogize Cpl. Joseph Anzack during a public memorial service at South High Football Stadium in Torrance June 1, 2007. REUTERS/Gus Ruelas (UNITED STATES)


Father Joseph Anzack Sir. (L) hugs a former football teammate of his son, Kevin Rockhold, during a public memorial service for Cpl. Joseph Anzack at South High Football Stadium in Torrance June 1, 2007. REUTERS/Gus Ruelas (UNITED STATES)


Mother Teresa Anzack, (L) and father Joseph Anzack Sr., address the crowd that turned out during a public memorial service for Cpl. Joseph Anzack at South High Football Stadium in Torrance June 1, 2007. REUTERS/Gus Ruelas (UNITED STATES)


Sister of Cpl. Joseph Anzack, Casey (L), 16, and his mother Teresa (R) kiss Anzack's the casket during a public memorial service at South High Football Stadium in Torrance June 1, 2007.REUTERS/Gus Ruelas (UNITED STATES)




United States Army Lt. Cory Gray (R) hands Teresa Anzack the flag that draped her son's casket as sister Casey (L), 16 and father, Joseph Sr. (2nd R), look on during a public memorial service for Cpl. Joseph Anzack at South High Football Stadium in Torrance June 1, 2007.REUTERS/Gus Ruelas (UNITED STATES)

[Bucky]

1. That last photo. The dad holding himself together. His son gone forever.

Don Riegel once noted in the Vietnam war how many young men with a Jr or a III in their names were buried, ending a family line name. This seems to be the only son in this family. They gave away half of their family's future to this oil grab.
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[Ghost in the Machine]

2. Just so freakin sad...

how many more families have to suffer? how many more must die?

Rat Bastard Chickenhawks!

[partylessinOhio]

3. Two more were killed yesterday in Iraq.

This won't end until Bush/Cheney are removed from the power they stole from us.


Flag waves near a memorial for troops killed
in the war at Cindy Sheehan's war protest site,
Friday, June 1, 2007, in Crawford, Texas.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

4. This is what I saw in 2003

I had a vision in January, 2003, while standing in silence at an anti-war protest. In my mind's eye, I saw young, vital Americans - and the vision segued into a picture very much like the last one. I tried--oh how I tried--to stop this before it started, for I could see where it would lead.