Retired Lt. Col. Joe Rippetoe,
right (above), father of Army Ranger Capt. Russell B.
Rippetoe, is overcome with emotion during the
funeral of his son at Arlington National Cemetery
Thursday, April 10, 2003. Rippetoe, 27, an Army
Ranger from Arvada, Colo., and two other soldiers
were killed April 4 when a car bomb exploded at an
Iraqi
checkpoint. Rippetoe was the first soldier from
the Iraqi
conflict to be laid to rest at Arlington National
Cemetery. At left is Rippetoe's mother Rita. (AP
Photo/Charles Dharapak) |
U.S Army Spc. Dean Bryant
(above) from
Oklahoma City, OK. helps an
Iraqi woman
who tripped on concertina wire in the streets of
Baghdad Thursday, April 10, 2003. (AP Photo/John
Moore)
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U.S. Army Spc.
Kenneth Clark (above) from Woodward, Okla. puffs up
his cheeks like the baby he was handed while being
welcomed by Iraqis
in Baghdad Wednesday, April 9, 2003. The soldiers
from the A Company 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry
Regiment took over a section of northern Baghdad
with a warm welcome from many residents, but under
sporadic rocket and small arms fire from irregular Iraqi
forces. (AP Photo/John Moore) |
Cecil Cawley, the
8-year-old son of U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. James
Cawley, waves at his fathers casket as it is loaded
into a hearse Thursday, April 10, 2003, in
Bountiful, Utah. Cecil's mother, Miyuki Cawley,
left, looks on. Cawley, 41, a Marine reservist from
Layton, died March 29 in Iraq
when struck by a coalition Humvee as he sought
refuge from enemy fire. He also was a Salt Lake City
Police detective and served on the department's gang
unit and SWAT team. (AP Photo/Steve C. Wilson)
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