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U.S. publicly welcomes home a fallen soldier for the first time in 18 years

11:26 AM Mon, Apr 06, 2009 |
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The casket of Air Force Staff Sgt. Phillip Myers, 30, of Hopewell, Va., who was killed in Afghanistan April 4, is carried off a plane by an honor guard Sunday at Dover Air Force Base, in Delaware. With his family's permission, Myers is the first casualty to be public welcomed home at Dover since the ban on media news coverage of returning war dead was put in place 18 years ago. Video.


A Coffin, a Flag, a Photograph The Times' Lede Blog covers it.

The Washington Post's Doleful Arrivals Open to Public tells the story from the perspective of "the soldiers from the Army's Old Guard who perform what's known as the 'dignified transfer'... "

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