2006 Photo Contest, People in the News, 1st prize
Photographer

Todd Heisler

Rocky Mountain News / Polaris Images

26 August, 2005

Second Lieutenant James J. Cathey's wife, Katherine, on the airport tarmac as her husband's body arrives in his hometown. She is supported by Major Steve Beck. Since the start of the Iraq War, Marines based at Buckley Air Force base in Colorado have honored the memory of 16 fallen comrades, and had the difficult duty of helping the families to bear their loss. Cathey was one of the fallen returned from Iraq for burial.

About the photographer

Todd Heisler

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