Even Tough Men Cry

Yes, even tough men cry, but in this case its a war cry.

Corporal Luke Tamata, 31, Lance Corporal Jacinda Baker, 26, and Private Richard Harris, 21, of the Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment were killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan. Two hundred soldiers of the 1st and 2nd battalions greeted the coffins when the dead soldiers were repatriated.

That, my friends, is how we say goodbye to comrades in arms.

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