Monday, July 11, 2005

Leave No Man Behind

Body of U.S. Commando Found in Afghanistan

By DANIEL COONEY, Associated Press Writer

KABUL, Afghanistan - The body of a missing U.S. commando has been located in eastern Afghanistan, the military said Monday, bringing an end to the desperate search for the last member of an ill-fated, four-man special forces unit that disappeared last month.

One of the four men was rescued on July 3; the other two were found dead the next day.

(Full article)

I've learned one of the fallen SEALs, Lt. Michael P. Murphy, 29, of Patchogue, was to marry someone from my parish in November.

I take some solace that the SEALs can follow through on their code, to leave no man behind.

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