Editor & Publisher pic of the week
E&P selected a picture I shot last week at the dignified transfer of Cpl. Ryan McGhee as their Photo of the Week. I appreciate the attention though I wish it wasn’t for such a sad photo.
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Corporal Ryan McGhee
The dignified transfer of the remains of Cpl. Ryan C. McGhee of Spotsylvania takes place at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on May 14, 2009. McGhee, a U.S. Army Ranger in the 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment at Fort Benning, Ga. was killed in Iraq on May 13, 2009. (Mike Morones/The Free Lance-Star)
Military reporter Rusty Dennen and I traveled to Dover Air Force Base to witness the dignified transfer of the remains of Cpl. Ryan McGhee, an area resident and Army Ranger. Cpl. McGhee, a graduate of Massaponax, served three tours in Afghanistan and had recently deployed to Iraq.
A stiff wind blew across the tarmac and dark clouds scudded across the sky as the carry team transferred the case containing Cpl. McGhee’s remains from the 747 to the waiting van. Though the Associated Press covers every dignified transfer and despite the process lasting only a few minutes, we felt it was essential to travel the fours hours from Fredericksburg to record the transfer of one of Fredericksburg’s own.
