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Ron Martz: Sharing condolences from a grateful nation
Personal experience reveals it’s no easy task to comfort families of fallen soldiers
11052017 FALLEN SOLDIERS
An Army carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Chief Warrant Officer Jacob M. Sims on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017 at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Sims, 36, of Juneau, Alaska, died Oct. 27, 2017 in Logar province, Afghanistan from wounds he sustained in a helicopter crash. (Steve Ruark) - photo by Associated Press
The recent kerfuffle over what President Donald Trump did or did not say to the widow of a Special Forces soldier killed in Niger brought back some uncomfortable memories about just how difficult it is to say the right thing to the grieving next-of-kin of a service member who has been killed in action.