Deaths in combat ricochet here at home

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<snip>Considered survivors, the widows and widowers of war dead are among the conflict's walking wounded. Amid heavy fighting in recent weeks, the toll is rising. snip

Phillips went to the door. The broken doorbell hardly made a sound. But in looking through the peephole, she gasped loud enough for Jackson to hear. May collapsed.

"She was screaming and falling against the wall," Phillips says. snip

But the wife and husband's struggle at being separated is apparent from the letters that trickled home even after Don's death. On March 7, for example, he had written from the Kuwaiti desert: "I believe this is my last tour. I don't want to ship over again if it is going to separate me from my family."

By the time Deborah received the letter, Don was dead.

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This does break my heart, but I can't help but wonder how many new widows there are in Iraq since the USA invaded them. And the Iraqi people didn't sign up for any of this shit. Fuuuuuck. Any beached whales lately?

Don

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