The Things That Carried Him

Esquire magazine has a magnificent article by Chris Jones chronicling the return of a soldier’s remains. I’m not finished with the article yet, but I wanted to share it soon in case it gets pulled from Esquire’s site when the next issue comes out.

An excerpt:

Sometimes there is a single case waiting there in the semidarkness. The worst planeload Sparks can remember - he has administered to more than seven hundred of these flights - contained the bodies of forty-two men and women, a flying cemetery. “It never becomes old habit,” he said. “When I walk up on the back of a plane, it takes my breath away, as much as it ever did.”

You can read the full article here: Esquire.com

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by Jeremiah @ 6:16 am. Filed under National Issues

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