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First Place
Todd Heisler The Rocky Mountain News
Second Place
Todd Heisler The Rocky Mountain News
Third Place
Liz O. Baylen The Washington Times
"Acquiesce"
Award of Excellence
Rick Gershon The Dallas Morning News
Award of Excellence
John Pendygraft St. Petersburg Times
Award of Excellence
Joao Silva The New York Times
Award of Excellence
Benjamin J. Spatz Georgetown University / Freelance
Award of Excellence
Andrew Testa Panos Pictures for The New York Times
First Place
Todd Heisler The Rocky Mountain News
When 2nd Lt. James Cathey's body arrived at the Reno Airport, Marines climbed into the cargo hold of the plane and draped the flag over his casket as passengers watched the family gather on the tarmac. During the arrival of another Marine's casket last year at Denver International Airport, Major Steve Beck described the scene as one of the most powerful in the process: "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," he said. "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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