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Swede

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Sun May 27, 2012, 12:21 PM May 2012

As Memorial Day Nears, a Single Image That Continues to Haunt

She is pictured here,listening to their favorite music on the laptop.



The night before the burial of her husband, Katherine Cathey refused to leave the coffin, asking to sleep next to his body for the last time. The Marines made a bed for her.





http://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/25/as-memorial-day-nears-a-single-image-that-continues-to-haunt/

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