March 16, 2004

Names of the Dead

Now that I'm using NetNewsWire, some news items I never used to see tend to make a regular appearance. This is one of them:

The Department of Defense has identified 561 American service members who have died since the start of the Iraq war. It recently confirmed the death of the following Americans:. [NYT: National]

The headline is always simply "Names of the Dead," and I find it jarring every time I see it.

Posted by Jason at March 16, 2004 08:39 AM