Returning home

Members of the National Guard carry the coffin of Spc. Patrick McCaffrey from a cargo hangar to a waiting hearse at Sacramento International Airport. McCaffrey, of Tracy, Calif., was killed in Iraq June 22 . His mother, Nadia McCaffrey, right, had invited the media to photograph her son's coffin as it arrived. Next to her is Patrick McCaffrey's father, Bob.

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Members of the National Guard carry the coffin of Spc. Patrick McCaffrey from a cargo hangar to a waiting hearse at Sacramento International Airport. McCaffrey, of Tracy, Calif., was killed in Iraq June 22 . His mother, Nadia McCaffrey, right, had invited the media to photograph her son's coffin as it arrived. Next to her is Patrick McCaffrey's father, Bob.

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