The Last Letter

The anguish of grief in the deepest pit of a mother and father's soul when their soldier dies in battle, I just cannot imagine.

To receive the Last Letter

When a soldier falls, commanders face a profound task: Accounting for a lost life to the family - By Michael M. Phillips

ORGUN-E, Afghanistan -- "How do you start a letter like this? How do you end it?"

On a raw November morning here, along the wild frontier bordering Pakistan, Lt. Col. Michael Fenzel spoke those words as he sat down to write to a father who would never see his son again.

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