May 12, 2009
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Your Turn: Tuesday Would Have Been His 21st Birthday

Are these Dover images just getting more creative now that many bodies have returned, or is there more being said here? How do you read Chip Somodevilla’s photo?

(image: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. caption: Soldiers carried a flag-draped transfer case containing the remains of United States Army Specialist Omar M. Albrak of Chicago from a C-17 in Dover, Del. Specialist Albrak was killed while serving in Iraq. Tuesday would have been his 21st birthday. From NYT Pictures of the Day, May 12)

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