Saw this in my own email a while back, but now its in the mainstream print newspapers. Denver Post to be exact. Visit the link to read the actual letter - below is the Denver Post’s editorial intro
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Monday after Easter, Lt. Col. Mike Strobl noticed a news release about the death of a Marine from Colorado named Chance Phelps. The 19-year- old was from Clifton, near Strobl’s hometown of Grand Junction. Phelps, a lanky high-school football player who also had lived in Craig, was killed in action April 9, about a month after arriving in Iraq. Strobl, a Marine based in Quantico, Va., offered to accompany the body to Dubois, Wyo., where Phelps had lived as a child and his father resides. Strobl had never visited Wyoming, never heard of Dubois. He went to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, the first leg of a somber, proud journey. A veteran of Desert Storm, Strobl sent an e-mail about his experience to colleagues. Since then, his story of kindness and loss has appeared on numerous websites. Here, partially summarized, is his story. |