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Final salute
Story by Jim Sheeler, photos by Todd Heisler
Friday, November 11, 2005
Passengers aboard the commercial flight bringing home the body of 2nd Lt. Jim Cathey watch as his casket is unloaded by a Marine honor guard at Reno-Tahoe International Airport. Maj. Steve Beck described a similar scene last year at Denver International Airport on the arrival of another fallen Marine: "See the people in the windows? They'll sit right there in the plane, watching those Marines. You gotta wonder what's going through their minds, knowing that they're on the plane that brought him home. They're going to remember being on that plane for the rest of their lives. They're going to remember bringing that Marine home. And they should."
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