Final Salute

May 4, 2006 • 8:44 am PDT
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Look at Final Salute, an incredibly moving photo essay about the funeral of a ~~soldier~~ Marine killed in Iraq. It's by Rocky Mountain News photographer Todd Heisler and reporter Jim Sheeler, who won a 2006 Pulitzer for Photo Journalism for this piece.

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