The Washington Post are documenting each and every US death in Iraq with a nice flash interface and wee portraits. It’s totally compelling reading.
The means by which each soldier was killed is condensed into one brief line. A few evoke the tragedy of it all in their briefness. Several are intriguing in what they don’t tell you. Many incidents are hilariously bathetic.
[actually I only just realised the word pathetic is derived from pathos in the same way as bathetic/bathos. This post was brought to you by the letter W]
Start at the earliest 2003 period and browse forward for these and other gems.
Staff Sgt. James W. Cawley was knocked for six by a not-so-friendly Humvee while engaged in a firefight with Iraqi forces.
Lance Cpl. Joseph B. Maglione was found shot dead in his tent on his first day in Kuwait.
Sgt Linda C. Jimenez died of a brain aneurysm after falling into a bomb crater [courtesy of the USAF] and breaking her nose.
Lance Cpl. Brian E. Anderson did the dance of death when his .50-calibre rifle mounted on top of the 7-ton truck snagged on low-hanging power lines in Nasiriyah.
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