PHOTOS Memorial Day

[Jackeens]

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Yvonna Golla touches her son's grave marker prior to a Memorial Day ceremony at Crown Memorial Park in Pineville Monday. Her son, Cliff was killed in Iraq in 2006.

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Confederate flag supporters gather at Elmwood Cemetery Saturday afternoon. About 50 people attended a rally to show their support for keeping a Confederate flag flying (at left) at the city-owned cemetery.

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A soldier is hugged in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery May 25, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia. Section 60 is one of the main places where those who died while serving in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are buried.

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U.S. Lt. Col. Theresa Sheppard from Navarre, Fla., cries during a Memorial Day observance ceremony at Camp Eggers in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, May 25, 2009. On Monday the U.S. forces based at Camp Eggers gathered wearing khaki, camouflage and blue blazers to salute their latest dead comrades, 1st Lt. Roslyn Schulte, or Roz, from Ladue, Mo., and Shawn Pine from San Antonio, Texas, a former Army ranger who was working as a contractor to train Afghan army soldiers.

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A saluting U.S. soldier is reflected on a photo frame of 1st Lt. Roslyn Schulte from Ladue, Mo., during a Memorial Day observance ceremony at Camp Eggers in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, May 25, 2009.

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A U.S. soldier salutes near the helmet of 1st Lt. Roslyn Schulte during a Memorial Day observance ceremony at Camp Eggers in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, May 25, 2009.

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Kara Goodwin, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, sits at the grave of her boyfriend Navy Seal SO1 Joshua Harris who died in Afganistan, in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery May 25, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia. Section 60 is one of the main places where those who died while serving in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are buried.

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Christy Young, left, of Fort Drum, N.Y., Stephanie Dostie, of Fort Campbell, Ky., and her daughter Bayleigh Dostie, 9, visit the grave of Dostie's husband U.S. Army Sgt. First Class Shawn C. Dostie, who died serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2005, Monday, May 25, 2009, on Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va.

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President Barack Obama lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns, Monday, May 25, 2009, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va.

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[CTyankee]

1. These are incredible photos. Stunning.

I am undone...

[bbinacan]

2. Thanks! n/t

[Cha]

3. Such needless deaths and

so very sad.

[MikeNearMcChord]

4. Here is a tribute to 1Lt Roslyn L. Schulte in the Daily Kos.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/5/24/194744/085

[AwakeAtLast]

5. I was holding it together until I got to #8

:cry: :cry: :cry:

[Beacool]

6. Very moving photos.

Thank you.

:patriot: