From Multi-National Force - Iraq press desk:Spc. Michael Rodriguez was killed in action in April 2007, when multiple suicide bombers driving explosives-laden vehicles attacked his unit’s base in As-Sadah. He had written home telling his family about how much affection he had for the children he saw on patrol, and so his family turned their grief to a positive end, collecting school supplies for Iraqi children. The supplies were donated to a girls school in Balad-Ruz, Iraq.
In the middle of the picture is a girl in a blue dress. She is holding a picture of Specialist Michael Rodriguez. Click the photo to enlarge.
Why can't McClatchy tell its readers about men like Michael Rodriguez?
