1204430...Katherine Cathey pressed her pregnant belly to her husband's casket, moaning softly. The baby, born Dec. 22, 2005, was named James Jeffrey Cathey, Jr.

1204744...As his son's funeral neared, Jeff Cathey's tears rarely stopped. He often found comfort in the men who shared his son's uniform. "Someone asked me what I learned from my son," he said. "He taught me you need more than one friend."

1204749...Before the burial of James Cathey's body, his casket was covered with the white gloves of the Marines who carried him, along with sand they brought from the beaches of Iwo Jima, and a single red rose.

1204772...Captain Chris Sutherland, left, Sergeant Major Jeff Study, Staff Sergeant Clifford Grimes and Gunnery Sergeant Todd Martin prepare to deliver posthumous medals to the families of fallen Marines. During the formal ceremony, called "Remembering the Brave," they also presented the families with a vase of yellow roses - one rose for each year of the Marine's life.

1335398...Before presenting posthumous medals to the family of Lance Cpl. Greg Rund, Marines read the details of the battle that took his life, and the heroism that saved the lives of his comrades. In a ballroom filled with 500 people, Rund's mother, Jane, and his wife, Karissa Marcum, felt the weight of the medals that Greg Rund never would.