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Slain Navy SEAL Jon Tumilson's dog Hawkeye lays next to his casket during funeral services in Rockford, Iowa. Tumilson, a 35-year-old from tiny Rockford in northern Iowa, was one of 30 American soldiers killed in Afghanistan on Aug. 6 when their helicopter was shot down during a mission to help fellow troops who had come under fire. The University of Iowa athletic department announced today that it will honor Tumilson at one of two home games in November as part of a commemoration of Veteran's Day. (AP Photo/KIMT New 3, Shane Delaney)
D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.
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hmoffsuite on August 30 at 5:43 p.m.
That photo makes me cry every time I look at it. For many reasons.
Stickman on August 30 at 7:25 p.m.
Me too.
JeanieSpokane on August 30 at 9:58 p.m.
This breaks my heart.
scootermom on August 31 at 8:15 a.m.
So very sad.
Gary D Rhodes on August 31 at 8:27 a.m.
What’s sad is that we keep repeating the same mistakes over and over.
Wasting our young and national treasure would be bad at any time, but we are facing with bankruptcy, while we borrow money to spend on these “missions”.
When people say our soldiers are fighting and dying to defend our freedoms, I only wish their sacrifice was in such a nobel service.