Saturday, June 2, 2007

Downed chopper kills Cdn. & Brit Military photographers


Military Photographers worldwide mourn loss of one of their own!
Fri Jun 1, 4:32 PM
The body of slain Canadian Master Cpl. Darrell Priede is escorted onto a Hercules aircraft in Kandahar, Afghanistan on Friday, June 1, 2007 (CP PHOTO/Stephanie Levitz)
postscript . I was never in war, but the toughest assignments were always coverage of the funeral of a serviceman as his family lay him to rest. The flag ceremony (presenting the draped ensign ) to wife or mother used to tear me up such that camera operations were accomplished by habit and speaking was out of the question.

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