8.21.2009

Why war must stop

Marine Killed After Offering To Go To Afghanistan

The number of soldier fatalities in Afghanistan hit a grim record last month, with at least 43 American troops killed. Among the dead was a 21-year-old Marine from Yarmouth Port, Mass., on Cape Cod. He had just returned from combat in Iraq and volunteered to go to Afghanistan.

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Toll Of War: Broken Hearts, Marriages For Marines

"I generally discourage anybody from getting married just before a deployment, even if they've been in a dating relationship for a while," Roberts says.

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