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Published: 2006-09-20 01:59:17 +0000 UTC; Views: 2040; Favourites: 14; Downloads: 2
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This is from my grandfathers military funeral in Arlington. I was very happy with the picture outcome. Part of the ceremony was soldiers holding the flag and folding it. This was part of that.Related content
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Hey, my father told me that when a soldier has a funeral, these men fire guns into the air, one by one, and someone plays this music in trumpet, in honor as the box goes down into the ground.
Be proud that your grandfather was brave enough to join the military.
And this is a beautiful photo!
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This looks like the end of the 53rd Disney Channel Original Movie, "Tiger Cruise", since it was about reactions to the September 11 attacks.
Maddie Dolan, an artistic teenager from New York, is on a mission to convince her father Gary Dolan, a U.S. Navy commanding officer, to throw aside his career and come home, where she believes he belongs. In order to accomplish this, Maddie accepts her father's offer to participate in Operation Tiger, a week-long cruise for military families and their friends aboard his aircraft carrier. Along the way, she meets two other teenagers boarding the Tiger Cruise: Tina, who's fascinated by military life as well as her older sister Grace (a naval aviator under Commander Dolan), and Anthony (whose older brother is a sailor), a carefree drummer who much prefers to have nothing to do with military life.
However, two days into the cruise, the passengers learn to their horror of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and The Pentagon. The ship goes into high alert, with many of the passengers going through fear and confusion, but also showing mental strength. Tina finally learns the full meaning of her sister's warnings about military life not being as glamorous as she thought it was; Anthony realizes the gravity of the situation when he fears the safety of the people he personally knew, who had jobs in the twin towers. Maddie, while comforting passengers young and old, experiences first-hand her father's courage, honor, and commitment to his family and his will to make sacrifices for his country.
The ending shows the passengers holding up a giant American flag on the deck of Tiger Cruise as a suggestion by Maddie, impressing her father and the military officers. By the end of the cruise, Maddie tells her father to "keep doing what [he's] doing" and has accepted being a military brat, a title which she had disliked earlier.
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it's just like the viewer is the spectator--great
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I have done many military funerals while on active duty. And it is a great honor to do it. Very nicely done.
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Thank you. It was very touching.
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That's an awesome and very powerful picture.. it seriously just brought tears to my eyes. My grandfather passed away last week and he was also in the military. He was a co-piolet for b-17's during ww2. I don't how to explain the kind of effect this picture has on me...but it's pretty strong.. so thankyou for taking this picture. awesome job
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I'm so glad it impacted you ^_^ I don't remember everything my grandfather did...I know he was a guard at the tomb of the unknown solider in arlington as well as a guard in front of the white house for a while. Other than that I am not sure what else. Wow a plane in WW2...that's so awesome! 
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babe, this turned out wonderful
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That is so sweet, Dakkie! And it looks really good.
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Thanks hun! Glad you like it
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omg! That turned out so clear and crisp and BEAUTIFUL! I love it! 8D
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I love your pictures...I also love that you must be ducking around with your camera all the time....do people look at you funny? lol It's great.
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haha thanks. Yeah I do get weird looks sometimes. The army guys were trying not to flinch as I kept taking pictures of them 
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lol Well, you gotta love a man in a uniform
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Wow. That's an amazing shot~! The point of view, and form where you shot it. Just wow~! +fav
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