Marine?s Heroic Actions No Surprise to Family

[peterd]

For hours after meeting the casket of Lt. Col. Christopher Raible at Dover Air Force Base last week, his parents talked with his fellow Marines about their son, killed on Sept. 14 in a Taliban attack on Camp Bastion in Afghanistan.

It was no surprise to any of them -- least of all, his family -- that Raible, 40, died while leading a counter-attack that military officials called heroic, preventing worse losses to coalition forces that night.

www.military.com/daily-news/2012/09/24/marines-heroic-actions-no-surprise-to-family.html?comp=7000023317828&rank=1

[CommonSense]

"We raise a glass to his name,
Because he lived without any shame,
Now in peace he lies in restful sleep,
And for him we shall forever weep"

- His Last Parade