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Where does technology meet honoring the fallen during what I still call the Long War?
I highly recommend that you go over to Map The Fallen - download the latest versions of GoogleEarth and The Map referenced in the upper-right hand corner.
The detail and context is incredible. The upper right is a screen shot honoring Specialist Norman Lewis Cain III or Oregon Ill who died on 15 MAR 2009 in Kot in Afghanistan (of note - this family also lost his Grandfather Norman Lewis Cain Sr in NOV of last year.)
That is a micro sample. The global reach of the map shows you who died where and where their home is. I highly recommend you look at Europe in order to fully understand the contribution of the UK, The Netherlands, and the Danes. Those are not large nations. The casualty density is well represented there.
Explore, and honor.
My co-blogger, CSM Bones is in the fight in Afghanistan, with TF Phoenix. Some observations on how they honor their Fallen are here.
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