Posted: 7/5/2006 12:41:43 AM EDT
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From military.com One Last Time According to the submitter: "The night before the burial of her husband's body, Katherine Cathey refused to leave the casket, asking to sleep next to his body for the last time. The Marines made a bed for her, tucking in the sheets below the flag. Before she fell asleep, she opened her laptop computer and played songs that reminded her of 'Cat,' and one of the Marines asked if she wanted them to continue standing watch as she slept. 'I think it would be kind of nice if you kept doing it,' she said. 'I think that's what he would have wanted.'  
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Then you should ready the whole thing. The article this was in was over 10 pages long. Found Original thread in the Archives..... Perminant link to article: Final Salute Original link:www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/news/article/0,1299,DRMN_3_4224657,00.html New link: 10MB PDF to download and read. |
wow thanks for posting that. |