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

Todd Heisler

Rocky Mountain News / Polaris Images

19 August, 2005

Gilma Miranda, the aunt of fallen Lance Corporal Evenor Herrera, and close friend Kelly Matias stroke his hand during a last visitation. 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.

About the photographer

Todd Heisler

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