Receiving America's Fallen Heroes At Dover

Marine Sgt. Frank J. World of Buffalo, N.Y., was carried from the back of a C-17 plane to a mortuary truck at Dover Air Force Base on Easter Sunday. Luke Sharrett/The New York Times

As Families Gather At Dover, Efforts To Ease Pain -- New York Times

DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. — Shortly after 4:20 a.m. on Easter Sunday, a pair of flag-covered cases with the remains of two Marines, both killed the previous week in Afghanistan, were carried out of the belly of a C-17 into the sight of their waiting families.

As two mothers, a widow and a knot of other kin watched from the tarmac, the bodies of Sgt. Frank J. World, 25, of Buffalo and Lance Cpl. Tyler O. Griffin, 19, of Voluntown, Conn., were loaded into a large van. Marines in white gloves and camouflage fatigues gave a final salute in the dark chill, then marched in formation behind the van as it rolled slowly toward the base mortuary, the largest in the nation.

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My Comment: Are prayers are for the families and their love ones.