Our Towel

This snapshot has been posted one other time. I share it again, for a different purpose.

Left to right: LCpl. Jamie Vance and LCpl. Aaron Austin, USMC.

Our towel is hanging behind Aaron. This was taken in March 2004, before he was KIA in April 2004. Chantal Bryant gave me this when we met at the Marine Ball 2004.

Though I have many pictures of the first trip to Iraq; I only have two from the second. This one and one other that Rick Loomis of L.A. Times (embedded at the time) took of Aaron reading mail, one day before he was killed. Loomis has been good to share with me.

And Chantal, if you're reading, I could never thank you enough.