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The day before the funeral of their friend, MARINE'S practiced for hours folding a flag, making sure there would be no errors the next day. 'That will be the last time his flag is folded,' said Maj. Steve Beck, as he instructed them. 'It has to be…

Jo Burns (cq), center, of Laramie, Wyoming, comforts Corporal Dustin Barker (cq), 22, during a ceremony honoring the actions of fallen Marines on Saturday, April 30, 2005. Jo Burns' son, Lance Corporal Kyle Burns, was killed in action in Iraq on…

During a formal ceremony called Remembering the Brave, families of fallen Marines were presented with posthumous medals. Major Steve Beck prepares to present a medal. (TODD HEISLER/ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS)

As his son's funeral neared, Jeff Cathey's tears rarely stopped. He often found comfort in the men who shared his son's uniform. 'Someone asked me what I learned from my son,' he said. 'He taught me you need more than one friend.'

Jo Burns cries as she and her husband Bob opened the boxes containing their son's uniforms from Iraq - boxes delivered by Maj. Steve Beck. 'For me, having all this back is a good thing,' she said a few minutes later. 'I want to remember. I don't ever…

The Messengers Since the start of the Iraq War, Marines based at Buckley Air Force Base in Colorado have had the solemn duty to help the families of 18 of their fallen comrades shoulder the loss and honor their sacrifice. A knock at the door begins a…

SGT Patrick Wojculewicz, 29, left, and SGT Brad Stelton, 29, rest in the doorway of a bombed out Iraqi bunker south of Baghdad on Friday, April 8, 2005, after two days of 14 hour patrols.

An Iraqi man, injured after a VBIED detonated next to a passing Humvee while he was pulled over to the side of the road, is guarded by members of Lightning Troop early Sunday, April 10, 2005. Troopers were holding the man for questioning because he…

SPC Mathewson searches for an insurgent who detonated a car bomb next to him just moments before. The perpetrator, who most likely used a cell phone to set off the bomb, was never found. Members of 3/3 ACR were performing a zone reconnaissance in…

Stunned by a car bomb that detonated next to him as he was driving past it, Captain Fred Adams, commanding officer of Lightning Troop, 3/3 ACR, surveys the area early on Sunday, April 10, 2005. The bomb destroyed the vehicle, yet no one was injured.