{"id":1184,"date":"2016-10-24T21:06:20","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T01:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/magwriting\/?p=1184"},"modified":"2016-10-24T21:06:20","modified_gmt":"2016-10-25T01:06:20","slug":"outline-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/magwriting\/outline-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Outline"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. Lede<\/li>\n
  2. Indiana burial law and Collins Jr. history<\/li>\n
  3. Begins digging<\/li>\n
  4. More digging<\/li>\n
  5. Day of the funeral<\/li>\n
  6. Funeral motorcade<\/li>\n
  7. Entering the cemetery<\/li>\n
  8. Casket removed from hearse. Description of vault.<\/li>\n
  9. Prayer and music at funeral<\/li>\n
  10. Shots fired in unison<\/li>\n
  11. Genuine vs fake buglers<\/li>\n
  12. Taps<\/li>\n
  13. Should you close your eyes?<\/li>\n
  14. Return to grave to fold flag<\/li>\n
  15. “He had kids”<\/li>\n
  16. Folding flag, hands shaking<\/li>\n
  17. Folding flag, shells inserted<\/li>\n
  18. Flag inspected<\/li>\n
  19. General attending funeral<\/li>\n
  20. “It’s ok not to be fine”<\/li>\n
  21. Approaching Missie<\/li>\n
  22. Presenting the flag<\/li>\n
  23. Meaning of the folding of the flag<\/li>\n
  24. “This flag is presented on behalf of a grateful nation and the United States Army in appreciation for your loved one’s honorable and faithful service.”<\/li>\n
  25. Service owner, mourners leave<\/li>\n
  26. Collins buries the body<\/li>\n
  27. Gail Bond sits at church<\/li>\n
  28. Needs a cigarette<\/li>\n
  29. Bond’s losses<\/li>\n
  30. Those who remain (in the church)<\/li>\n
  31. Why they came<\/li>\n
  32. What one could learn about Joey<\/li>\n
  33. David and Tim Barclay introduced<\/li>\n
  34. 3 mile procession assembles<\/li>\n
  35. “the biggest we’ve seen”–decide to shut down highway<\/li>\n
  36. The Patriot Guard<\/li>\n
  37. Sergeant Charles Dunaway (who carries medals and accompanies hearse) introduced<\/li>\n
  38. Procession begins<\/li>\n
  39. Townspeople observe<\/li>\n
  40. Joey used to work at the steel forge and looked like that mechanic<\/li>\n
  41. Joey’s best friend\u00a0Ryan Heacock<\/li>\n
  42. How they became friends<\/li>\n
  43. Helping each other out<\/li>\n
  44. Would sell Joey my paintings<\/li>\n
  45. Designing Joey’s tombstone<\/li>\n
  46. Pulled onto the interstate. More mourners<\/li>\n
  47. “I can’t even tell you what that meant to our family,”<\/li>\n
  48. Tough times and tough love<\/li>\n
  49. Went to Jacksonville<\/li>\n
  50. Ryan visits\u00a0Jacksonville<\/li>\n
  51. Asks to come back home<\/li>\n
  52. Joey comes home. Gets a job, gets back with Missie<\/li>\n
  53. Not making ends meet, joins the Army<\/li>\n
  54. “He always thought a whole lot of Micah,” Ryan said.<\/li>\n
  55. Army suited him<\/li>\n
  56. Last visit and last picture at Christmas 2006<\/li>\n
  57. “When he got ready to go on the plane, I thought, You’re standing so tall, you like yourself, you’re proud of yourself,” she said.<\/li>\n
  58. Coming home in a different way<\/li>\n
  59. Open the casket<\/li>\n
  60. Family looks at the body<\/li>\n
  61. Mason ring, realize hand is missing<\/li>\n
  62. Jim Staggers, Army chaplain<\/li>\n
  63. Honorable transfer<\/li>\n
  64. Staggers confronts grief, calling to be a chaplain<\/li>\n
  65. “What would I want for my wife and kids if I were the one not to make it back?”<\/li>\n
  66. Preparing the family<\/li>\n
  67. Deducing from the weight of the casket<\/li>\n
  68. Game face<\/li>\n
  69. “Pick out a flower”<\/li>\n
  70. Pallbearers withdraw<\/li>\n
  71. Psalm 46<\/li>\n
  72. Missie weeps<\/li>\n
  73. “Daddy’s here.”<\/li>\n
  74. Staggers weeps<\/li>\n
  75. “You can’t deny your humanity.”<\/li>\n
  76. Signals honor guard to transfer casket to hearse<\/li>\n
  77. Procession begins, honor guard departs<\/li>\n
  78. Preview of 2 men’s future<\/li>\n
  79. “Steve Greene picked up the phone in late November 2006. It was the Pentagon.”<\/li>\n
  80. Greene and\u00a0Kalitta Charters<\/li>\n
  81. Soldiers’ remains \u00a0formerly shipped like parcels, introduce John and Stacey Holley<\/li>\n
  82. Holley Provision<\/li>\n
  83. “Auditioning” Kalitta<\/li>\n
  84. Kalitta prepares for duty<\/li>\n
  85. Kalitta crews<\/li>\n
  86. “Once you’re in the plane, you’re just flying”<\/li>\n
  87. Common\/uncommon routes<\/li>\n
  88. Carrying Joe Montgomery<\/li>\n
  89. “The smaller the town the bigger the turnout”<\/li>\n
  90. “Always”<\/li>\n
  91. Negative experiences on first flights<\/li>\n
  92. Busy time in May<\/li>\n
  93. Unbuckle from seats<\/li>\n
  94. Family sees the casket<\/li>\n
  95. “That was the hardest part”<\/li>\n
  96. Why Linton doesn’t stand in the open door<\/li>\n
  97. “Some flights Jones and Linton remember more clearly than others”<\/li>\n
  98. Introduce\u00a0Major Cory Larsen<\/li>\n
  99. Charles C. Carson Center for Mortuary Affairs<\/li>\n
  100. “Some people are broken here,” said Karen Giles, the director of the Carson Center. “But there are a lot of repeaters. We’re very protective of each other.”<\/li>\n
  101. Describe Giles<\/li>\n
  102. Describe the center<\/li>\n
  103. “It includes, in part”<\/li>\n
  104. Lists of deceased in various conflicts\/tragedies<\/li>\n
  105. Operation Iraqi Freedom names, including Montgomery<\/li>\n
  106. Montgomery still in aluminum transfer case<\/li>\n
  107. Explosive Ordnance Disposal Room<\/li>\n
  108. Unpacking the case and logging body\/effects<\/li>\n
  109. “No personal effects were found on Sergeant Montgomery’s body”<\/li>\n
  110. Counseling and meditation<\/li>\n
  111. Chaplain David Sparks<\/li>\n
  112. “The chaplains are back there with us every single day,” Larsen said. “Everyone appreciates that.”<\/li>\n
  113. Montgomery officially identified<\/li>\n
  114. Autopsy begins<\/li>\n
  115. Autopsy findings<\/li>\n
  116. Embalming suite<\/li>\n
  117. Mortuary practices<\/li>\n
  118. “viewability”<\/li>\n
  119. Mortician “puts Montgomery back together”<\/li>\n
  120. Anecdote from Sparks–“His mother washed his hair the first time, and I’m washing it for the last time.”<\/li>\n
  121. “It’s very intimate,” Sparks said. “Preparing remains is a very intimate thing. This is hands-on.”<\/li>\n
  122. Placed in casket\/dressed<\/li>\n
  123. Karen Giles anecdote (cremated soldier)<\/li>\n
  124. Draping the flags<\/li>\n
  125. Introduce Major General Richard P. Formica<\/li>\n
  126. Requirements about generals<\/li>\n
  127. Boeing 747<\/li>\n
  128. Waiting for the plane<\/li>\n
  129. Religion<\/li>\n
  130. K-Loader\/Red Carpet<\/li>\n
  131. Honor guards march to jet<\/li>\n
  132. Different planeloads<\/li>\n
  133. Moving cases<\/li>\n
  134. Sparks’ prayers<\/li>\n
  135. “But on this evening, his voice was strong and clear”<\/li>\n
  136. Prayer<\/li>\n
  137. “We are proud to welcome home these fallen heroes, to share the grief of their families, and to offer our honor and respect.<\/li>\n
  138. “Now, as always, we pray for a time when we are not cursed by terrorism and when young men and women do not die in war.<\/li>\n
  139. “This we pray in the name of the Prince of Peace.<\/li>\n
  140. “Amen.”<\/li>\n
  141. Carrying cases off the lift<\/li>\n
  142. “This is the most important thing I’ve ever done,” Sparks would say later of his job here. “I may never do anything more important.”<\/li>\n
  143. Driven to mortuary<\/li>\n
  144. Introduce Staff Sergeant Terry Slaght<\/li>\n
  145. KIA<\/li>\n
  146. Finding out Monty was dead<\/li>\n
  147. “I should have been there.”<\/li>\n
  148. Baghdad International Airport<\/li>\n
  149. Body transferred from helicopter<\/li>\n
  150. Identifying the body<\/li>\n
  151. Montgomery’s and Slaght’s travels<\/li>\n
  152. Micah Montgomery hears news<\/li>\n
  153. Micah calls his aunt<\/li>\n
  154. “Hi, A.V. It’s me, Micah.”<\/li>\n
  155. “I know…. Why are you calling here?”<\/li>\n
  156. Unlike his brother, Micah rarely called home from Iraq and never called Vicki. Her heart had begun to pound.<\/li>\n
  157. “It’s about Joey.”<\/li>\n
  158. “What about Joey? Is everything all right?”<\/li>\n
  159. “No,” he said.<\/li>\n
  160. Asks Vicki to go to Gail’s house<\/li>\n
  161. Wives begin to gather in Alaska<\/li>\n
  162. The wait for news<\/li>\n
  163. Vicki arrives at Gail’s<\/li>\n
  164. “No, no, no, no, no, no…” Gail said, beginning to cry.<\/li>\n
  165. Vicki began to cry, too.<\/li>\n
  166. “Which one?” Gail asked.<\/li>\n
  167. Vicki could only mouth the word: “Joey.”<\/li>\n
  168. Phones begin to ring<\/li>\n
  169. Ryan calls Missie before she knows<\/li>\n
  170. “Missie,” Ryan said, “I’m so sorry.”<\/li>\n
  171. Then Ryan heard the clatter of the phone on the floor.<\/li>\n
  172. Women help Missie. “A second round of waiting”<\/li>\n
  173. Official news arrives for Missie<\/li>\n
  174. Gathering of neighbors and family at Gail’s<\/li>\n
  175. “At four o’clock in the morning, there came the knock at their door.” (Gail)<\/li>\n
  176. Sgt. Montgomery, night of his death<\/li>\n
  177. Everyone in the truck<\/li>\n
  178. Thinking about phone conversation with family<\/li>\n
  179. Speaking with Missie when he heard an explosion<\/li>\n
  180. “Oh, my God, I’ve got to go,” Joey had said, and he’d hung up<\/li>\n
  181. Anxious wait<\/li>\n
  182. “I’m ok” email<\/li>\n
  183. The drive<\/li>\n
  184. Turn onto Red Wings<\/li>\n
  185. Road turns to dirt<\/li>\n
  186. Patrol Base Red<\/li>\n
  187. Confirm night’s mission<\/li>\n
  188. “If he didn’t have Copenhagen, I don’t think he would go on the mission,” Ross said later.<\/li>\n
  189. Farmer’s cache of weapons<\/li>\n
  190. Roles assigned<\/li>\n
  191. Moving out<\/li>\n
  192. Walking down the road<\/li>\n
  193. ADA ruins<\/li>\n
  194. Rudberg tells Montgomery to slow down<\/li>\n
  195. Path in the grass<\/li>\n
  196. “Two sounds broke open the night:<\/li>\n
  197. “Crack, then BOOM.<\/li>\n
  198. “It was impossibly loud, “the loudest noise I’ve ever heard in my life,” Goodwin said.”<\/li>\n
  199. Ross and Gilliland fall<\/li>\n
  200. “Ross couldn’t hear Gilliland yelling at him, “Ross, are you hit? Ross, Ross!”<\/li>\n
  201. “Gilliland thought it was Ross who’d been hurt.”<\/li>\n
  202. “Then you two started screaming his name,” Meeks recalled later.<\/li>\n
  203. “We couldn’t see Monty,” Ross said.<\/li>\n
  204. IEDs often planted in clusters<\/li>\n
  205. “Come in 11”<\/li>\n
  206. Can’t find Monty<\/li>\n
  207. M4 stripped down by the force of the blast<\/li>\n
  208. Grab hold of what felt like a uniform<\/li>\n
  209. “That’s when he saw Sergeant Montgomery. His eyes were open, but his body stopped at the waist.”<\/li>\n
  210. “I knew he was gone,” Gilliland said<\/li>\n
  211. “Ross staggered over and saw him, too. “There was nothing we could do. We just knew.”<\/li>\n
  212. “I remember seeing his blank stare,” Rudberg said. “It’s all so surreal, too, because you have to see it with that fucking night vision.”<\/li>\n
  213. “It doesn’t look good”<\/li>\n
  214. They never found all of him<\/li>\n
  215. Taking turns carrying the stretcher<\/li>\n
  216. Only Gilliland refused to be spelled<\/li>\n
  217. Just kept walking<\/li>\n
  218. “No one spoke.”<\/li>\n
  219. “Some of them were in shock.”<\/li>\n
  220. “All of them were covered in blood.”<\/li>\n
  221. Meet with a sniper team<\/li>\n
  222. Medic puts body in bag<\/li>\n
  223. Drive back to Falcon<\/li>\n
  224. Someone breaks news to Micah, he leaves for home<\/li>\n
  225. Bostick only spoke with Micah after his own brother dies<\/li>\n
  226. Drove through gates of Falcon<\/li>\n
  227. “That’s when I lost it,” Meeks said<\/li>\n
  228. “That’s when most of us broke down,” Ross said. “I’ve never been that emotional in my entire life.”<\/li>\n
  229. Chaplain identifies body<\/li>\n
  230. Prayer<\/li>\n
  231. Burn uniforms<\/li>\n
  232. Last time the platoon saw Montgomery<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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