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Article: Slain Lomita Marine's body arrives in U.S.
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- Daily Breeze
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- March 26, 2003
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CASUALTIES:
Dover base is first port of call for 2 Americans killed in combat.
Honor guard escorts caskets.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DOVER, Del. _ The first remains of U.S. troops killed in the war
in Iraq arrived in the United States early Tuesday when the bodies of
two Marines _ including Lomita resident Jose Guitierrez _ were flown
into Dover Air Force Base.
As an honor guard stood at attention, Col. Scott E. Wuesthoff and
wing chaplain Lt. Col. Karen Stocks boarded a KC-10 tanker plane
carrying the two dead Marines.
"We said a prayer for our fallen comrades and their families,"
Wuesthoff said afterward.
The honor guard escorted the flag-draped cases to vehicles and the
remains were taken to ...