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To: Cooters who wrote (70804)	4/17/2000 8:33:00 PM
From: waverider	Respond to of 152472

Oh LORDY! I totally forgot. IF you would just post once and awhile...wait...wait...somewhere, somewhere... AH HA! Found in. All neatly packaged in a bubble wrap envelope...under several piles of papers under my desk (by the paper shredder). I'll send it off tomorrow...oops... grind, grind, grind... I think I broke the shredder. Your camera is in pretty bad shape too. I'll send it anyway. <H>

To: Cooters who wrote (70804)	4/18/2000 1:56:00 AM
From: Michael	Respond to of 152472

Mourners brave rain to remember Marines signonsandiego.com By Michelle Ray Ortiz ASSOCIATED PRESS April 17, 2000 CAMP PENDLETON -- Marine Corps troops, officers and families braved a cold rain Monday to honor 15 local servicemen who died when their Osprey aircraft crashed. Fifteen Marine backpacks adorned with roses and American flags were laid out on a soaked, paved lot for the memorial service. Family members and friends knelt down in the drizzle to touch the packs and remember the men. "This is our world. The world should see this," one Marine was overheard saying. "It should be raining. The world is sad." Fourteen of the 19 men killed in the April 8 crash near Tucson, Ariz., were from the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment at Camp Pendleton. Another man, Cpl. Eric J. Martinez was based at Miramar air station. They and four others were killed when their tilt-rotor MV-22 Osprey crashed during a training mission. Use of the Osprey, which the Marine Corps hopes will replace helicopters in many operations, has been suspended pending the investigation. Marine Corps commandant Gen. James L. Jones said information found on the downed craft's flight data recorder is being analyzed to help determine the cause of the crash. He said the cause of the crash may be known within two weeks. Once the problem has been addressed, the Osprey will return to the air, he said. "When the planes go back to flying status, I'll be on the first one," he told reporters after the ceremony. "This is an aircraft that will save lives, not take them, over the long run." More than 1,200 troops, officers and family members gathered for the service. Military chaplains read from the Koran and the Bible. A Marine Corps band played hymns and patriotic songs. Maj. Todd Eckloff, commander of the company to which the 14 Camp Pendleton Marines belonged, spoke of how the men were excited before their flight. He asked that some comfort be taken in knowing that the men died doing what Marines love to do. Jones added: "I ask that you take solace in knowing that your Marines and your loved ones did not die in vain. We will learn from this tragedy." At the service's close, the Marines stood as the victims' names were read. They saluted when "Taps" was played out solemnly by a lone bugler under the falling rain.