03-18-2008, 05:21 PM
I extend my condolences, as well. Seeing this made me think of my own grandfather who passed on as I was in California, on my way to Iraq in 2004. I guess I was kept pretty busy during that time and the next several months. As a result, I really never grieved the way I suppose I would have were I back here or able to attend the funeral. Hearing of Mr Breitbach's loss made me think of my own and it really affected me.
We are diminished by every loss of these amazing men that left their homes for the unknown and an uncertain future to defend our freedoms (and the freedom of folks they had never met.)