A monumental photo

Re “His final homecoming,” Jan. 16

Thank you for finally having a photo on your front page that shows a grieving family with a flag-draped casket. The war in Iraq has been going on nearly five years and, finally, a photo of an all-too-frequent, heartbreaking event in our country. What took you so long?

Pamela Greene

Los Angeles

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The Times is to be commended for printing on Page 1 a photograph that should be named picture of the year and displayed all over America. It is a picture of a wife and a mother greeting the casket of a soldier who died in the Iraq war. The postures of the women show just what we are getting in return for all that we are giving in Iraq.

Joe Gleason

Woodland Hills