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One photo: A burial at Arlington

Posted at 12:01 PM on January 4, 2011 by Bob Collins (1 Comments)
Filed under: Disasters, War

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Cpl. Sean Osterman, 21, of Princeton was shot by a sniper in Afghanistan on Dec. 14. He died two days later at Ramstein Air Force Base in Germany.

He was buried today at Arlington National Cemetery.

In this Associated Press photo, Deborah Mullen, wife of Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen, right, offers her condolences to Kelly Hugo during burial services for her son.

Comments (1)

Bob, thank you for posting this. It's amazing how a photo can convey things that words never can.

Posted by Jeanne | January 4, 2011 1:18 PM

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