Father Finishing Book by Son Killed In Iraq


	Father Finishing Book by Son Killed In Iraq

debbyski

10-22-2007 9:07 AM

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10-22-2007 6:36 PM

AcesLucky

Looks like the only weapon of mass destruction we've found is Bush. What are we over there for, again?

10-22-2007 10:08 PM

mugofcoffee

My God Debby! it's so sad!

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				Darrell Griffin Sr. has gotten down to work on his final collaboration with his son and namesake.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-iraqdad22oct22,0,4252921.story?coll=la-tot-callocal&track=ntothtml"><DIV>
The book taking shape beneath his hands is a compendium. It will blend an account of a father's melancholy journey to Iraq with the dire experiences and searching meditations of a son, the latter written down by Darrell Griffin Jr. before a Sadr City sniper's bullet pierced the back of his head in March.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-iraqdad22oct22,0,4252921.story?coll=la-tot-callocal&track=ntothtml"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.latimes.com/img/5D4ABB09-BB09-4CA2-8DA3-D7123D8734B7" alt="Warrior" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-iraqdad22oct22,0,4252921.story?coll=la-tot-callocal&track=ntothtml"><DIV>
Darrell Jr. was an Army infantry staff sergeant, 6 feet 2 inches of muscled warrior. Married, with no children, he'd been an emergency medical technician in Compton before finding his life's work as a soldier.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-iraqdad22oct22,0,4252921.story?coll=la-tot-callocal&track=ntothtml"><DIV>
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So, hoping to somehow soften his anguish, Griffin resolved to go to Iraq to get a sense of the final phase of his son's life, to speak with the men he died fighting alongside and "to feel a little of the danger."</DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/D37351F9-073D-4373-B3D9-14D6F368D63E/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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