What the troops give up
Re “Getting ready for goodbye,” Column One, and “Gone fishin’,” June 30
The juxtaposition of the pictures related to these stories is a powerful reminder that our soldiers leave everything behind to fight a war that has a questionable basis. This is what Independence Day is all about, remembering not the brass safely inside the Green Zone or the president merrily speed-boating about, but those who for the period of their deployment will be continuously in the zone of danger and may give their lives in obedience of orders.
GREG W. GARROTTO
Los Angeles
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