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Award of Excellence
Todd Heisler The Rocky Mountain News
"Jim Comes Home"
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Katherine Cathey was expecting a phone call from her
husband, Marine 2nd. Lt. Jim Cathey, so she could tell him if their baby
would be a boy or a girl. Instead, she got a knock at the door -- the knock
every military family dreads. When his body finally arrived at the airport in
the Marine's hometown of Reno, Katherine never wanted to leave his side. 'You
take for granted the last night you spend with them,' she said. 'I think I
took it for granted. This was the last night I'll have to sleep next to him.'
She said about her all night vigil by Jim's casket the night before his
burial. Major Steve Beck prepares for the final inspection of 2nd Lt. James
J. Cathey's body, only days after notifying Cathey's wife of the Marine's
death in Iraq.
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