Nathan White, LDS Pilot Shot Down Over Iraq,
Buried at Arlington
An Exclusive Photographic Essay
Photography by Scot Facer Proctor
Essay by Maurine Jensen Proctor
Photos from family files used by permission
All Arlington Photographs Copyright 2003 Scot Facer Proctor
(Use of any photographs herein only by written permission of Meridian Magazine)

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Part 6

Sailors wait for signal of a twenty-one gun salute.

The respect, honor and love of the American Flag is extremely moving.

Elder Bill Marriott conducts the graveside service.

Courtney and Austin are trying to understand.

Akiko White looks upon the grave of her husband.

Father Dennis White prepares to dedicate the grave.

Sailor’s hands hold the flag tightly before it is to be folded.

The moment arrives when Nathan White is honored by all present with a salute of gratitude, praise and dignity.

Three shots each are fired by seven sailors, a traditional honor of veterans of war.

The lone trump in the midst of thousands of fallen soldiers plays the plaintive “Taps.”

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