{"id":1186,"date":"2016-10-24T19:51:45","date_gmt":"2016-10-24T23:51:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/magwriting\/?p=1186"},"modified":"2016-10-24T19:51:45","modified_gmt":"2016-10-24T23:51:45","slug":"outline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/magwriting\/outline\/","title":{"rendered":"Outline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><u>Outline <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Don Collins sits outside planning the next plot he needed to dig for a casket.<\/li>\n<li>Collins had grown up helping his family run the funeral home with his brothers. He preferred to work outside.<\/li>\n<li>Collins grabbed a shovel and made his first dig into the ground.<\/li>\n<li>He protected the ground around the hole with plywood. He took the pieces of earth to the far corner of the Scottsburg Cemetary<\/li>\n<li>The next day, a vanload of soldiers showed up for the funeral. They stood in formation and took their places.<\/li>\n<li>The hearse took a longer route than the soldiers did to get to the cemetery from the church<\/li>\n<li>At 1 o\u2019clock the heart arrived at the cemetery with a crowd of people waiting for it.<\/li>\n<li>The soldiers lifted the casket from the hearse to the lowering machine. The casket was in a special vault designed specifically for soldiers. The soldiers took their weapons from the pile.<\/li>\n<li>There was a prayer, a bagpipe rendition of \u201cAmazing Grace,\u201d three recorded songs, and then Dawson gave the soldiers their signal.<\/li>\n<li>The seven soldiers fired three volleys each in unison.<\/li>\n<li>Leatherbee described as a genuine bugler<\/li>\n<li>The playing of the bugle, differences between different bugle players<\/li>\n<li>Open or closed eyes when playing the bugle at a funeral<\/li>\n<li>Soldiers folded the flag<\/li>\n<li>Description of the folding of the flag (for 4 graphs)<\/li>\n<li>Flag was inspected<\/li>\n<li>Flag handed to the general officer assigned to attend funerals<\/li>\n<li>General Officer\u2019s interaction with the wife of the fallen soldier<\/li>\n<li>Officer drops to her knees in front of wife to give her the flag<\/li>\n<li>Meaning of the flag<\/li>\n<li>The end of the service<\/li>\n<li>Don Jr. brings dirt back from far side of the cemetery and placed the temporary metal marker on the head of the grave<\/li>\n<li>Gail (soldier\u2019s mom) remembers the soldier\u2019s Baptism as one of the firsts in the church<\/li>\n<li>Gail\u2019s cigarette kit and smoking addiction<\/li>\n<li>The many losses of Gail\u2019s life<\/li>\n<li>Joe\u2019s Family that was still alive and at the funeral<\/li>\n<li>Attendees of the funeral<\/li>\n<li>Why Joey joined the army<\/li>\n<li>The escort from the airport to the funeral home<\/li>\n<li>The long procession at the airport<\/li>\n<li>The biggest procession the policemen had ever seen<\/li>\n<li>The Patriot Guard<\/li>\n<li>The Sergeants in the escort<\/li>\n<li>Gail\u2019s car in the procession<\/li>\n<li>People crying for them on the sidewalks<\/li>\n<li>Joey\u2019s work at the steel forge<\/li>\n<li>Joey\u2019s best friend crying while driving thinking of their friendship<\/li>\n<li>They became friends in high school<\/li>\n<li>How they helped each other<\/li>\n<li>Joey buying ryan\u2019s art<\/li>\n<li>Ryan designed tombstones<\/li>\n<li>The procession down the highway, families saluting<\/li>\n<li>Meant a lot to the family<\/li>\n<li>Explains how life was hard for Joey after high school<\/li>\n<li>He went to live with his sister<\/li>\n<li>Ryan came to visit him there<\/li>\n<li>Joey wanted to come home<\/li>\n<li>Joey came home and got his life together<\/li>\n<li>Joey and Missie had kids and didn\u2019t have enough money<\/li>\n<li>Joined the army in 2005<\/li>\n<li>He joined to be like his brother<\/li>\n<li>Joey was able to provide for his family<\/li>\n<li>The last time Gail saw Joey<\/li>\n<li>Joey was proud of himself<\/li>\n<li>Back to the procession<\/li>\n<li>They opened the casket at the funeral home and decided to show the family<\/li>\n<li>Gail needed proof<\/li>\n<li>Mason gave Joey his ring<\/li>\n<li>Enter Jim Staggers<\/li>\n<li>Staggers came from Indianapolis with the funeral detail. Waited fro the \u201cHonorable transfer\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Stagger read the bible behind the hangar. Used the bible for comfort.<\/li>\n<li>Today as a return<\/li>\n<li>Details of the ritual<\/li>\n<li>The way lifting caskets gives information to guardsmen<\/li>\n<li>Keep their \u201cgame faces\u201d despite what they learned from the casket<\/li>\n<li>Sight of children<\/li>\n<li>Staggers thought of his own wife and children<\/li>\n<li>Invited the family to approach the casket<\/li>\n<li>Family interacts with the casket.<\/li>\n<li>Staggers held back tears<\/li>\n<li>Carried the casket to the hearse<\/li>\n<li>Reflect on the ceremony<\/li>\n<li>Two of the people in the van would be sent to Iraq<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>Part Two<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Steve Green answered a call from The Pentagon<\/li>\n<li>Making plans with the Air Force<\/li>\n<li>How deceased soldiers used to be transported<\/li>\n<li>Campaign to change the way the Army handles deaths<\/li>\n<li>Kalitta had already done some work fro the Army<\/li>\n<li>Greene asked if Kalitta could handle all the flights of deceased soldiers in the same way he did Tucker and Manchaca<\/li>\n<li>Randomly assigned crews for the assignemtns<\/li>\n<li>Some routes have been flown many times<\/li>\n<li>First time the men flew into Seymour\/<\/li>\n<li>They had 2 stops to make<\/li>\n<li>The smaller the town, the bigger the turnout<\/li>\n<li>Spoke about a funeral where neither parent showed up<\/li>\n<li>Crowds have grown over time<\/li>\n<li>Sergeant Betty checked the paperwork when they landed<\/li>\n<li>Joey\u2019s family had been waiting for hours<\/li>\n<li>Waiting was the hardest part<\/li>\n<li>They transferred the casket off of the plane<\/li>\n<li>Pilots have gotten less emotional<\/li>\n<li>First time Major Cory Larsen was in the Port Mortuary at Dover Air Force Base<\/li>\n<li>Larson worked in the port<\/li>\n<li>Those that work there are protective of each other<\/li>\n<li>Karen Giles has worked there since 2003<\/li>\n<li>Description of the building<\/li>\n<li>She prepared Joey to be returned home<\/li>\n<li>First into the EOD Room<\/li>\n<li>Process of cleaning the body<\/li>\n<li>No personal effects on the body.<\/li>\n<li>The atrium of the building has a counseling and meditation section<\/li>\n<li>David Sparks talked about his conversations with people in the atrium<\/li>\n<li>Arrival of Sergeant Montgomery<\/li>\n<li>Autopsy<\/li>\n<li>Description of the autopsy<\/li>\n<li>Wounds were documented and recorded. Eyes were closed.<\/li>\n<li>Continuation of preparing the body<\/li>\n<li>Preserve Viewability<\/li>\n<li>Put them back together as best as they could<\/li>\n<li>The story of a mortician cleaning a dead mans hair tenderly<\/li>\n<li>Placed the body in a casket<\/li>\n<li>Story of a preparation of a body even though it was to be cremated<\/li>\n<li>Placement of the flag is the last step<\/li>\n<li>Enter Major General Richard P. Formica<\/li>\n<li>General officer must attend every funeral and greet every plan landing with dead soldiers in its hold<\/li>\n<li>Formica\u2019s turn<\/li>\n<li>The entire group that is waiting for the plane to land<\/li>\n<li>Chaplain Sparks tells a story relating it to the bible<\/li>\n<li>K-loader enters the platform<\/li>\n<li>Honor guard marched out<\/li>\n<li>It doesn\u2019t get easier<\/li>\n<li>Honor guard moves one case at a time<\/li>\n<li>Spark\u2019s voice<\/li>\n<li>Speech \/ prayer by Sparks<\/li>\n<li>Cases are carried off the plane<\/li>\n<li>Sparks believed this is his most important work<\/li>\n<li>Formica gets choked up talking about the day<\/li>\n<li>The cases were taken to the Port Mortuary<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>Part Three <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Enter Sergeant Terry Slaght, Sergeant Montgomery\u2019s friend<\/li>\n<li>Slaught was with Joey\u2019s body in the plane<\/li>\n<li>Slaght arranged the flight after Joey passed away in action<\/li>\n<li>When Slaght realized it was Monty<\/li>\n<li>Listened to the drum of the helicopter as he thought about how he should have been there<\/li>\n<li>Arrival at the Baghdad International Airport<\/li>\n<li>Loaded Sergeant Montgomery onto the truck<\/li>\n<li>Transport from the airport to the base<\/li>\n<li>Review of the mission the night before<\/li>\n<li>Monty needed his Copenhagen to do any mission<\/li>\n<li>The mission was dangerous<\/li>\n<li>Monty\u2019s squad was in the front<\/li>\n<li>Monty was teased for his age<\/li>\n<li>They started on their walk wearing night vision glasses<\/li>\n<li>They felt and saw bunkers<\/li>\n<li>They felt like they were being watched<\/li>\n<li>A blow was made<\/li>\n<li>Thought Ross was the one injured but it wasn\u2019t<\/li>\n<li>They couldn\u2019t find Monty<\/li>\n<li>They found his rifle but not him<\/li>\n<li>They found him and knew he was dead<\/li>\n<li>Night vision made it surreal<\/li>\n<li>They deemed it a KIA<\/li>\n<li>Took turns carrying him<\/li>\n<li>They couldn\u2019t find all of him<\/li>\n<li>Everyone was surprised Ross was ok from the explosion<\/li>\n<li>The platoon was in shock<\/li>\n<li>They carried him for an hour<\/li>\n<li>They collected all of his things from his person and put him in a body bag<\/li>\n<li>Bostick thought about Joey\u2019s family<\/li>\n<li>Bostick didn\u2019t speak to Micah for two months<\/li>\n<li>He was brought to the morgue<\/li>\n<li>They prayed<\/li>\n<li>No one in the platoon could sleep<\/li>\n<li>They last time the platoon saw Joey was the next morning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outline Don Collins sits outside planning the next plot he needed to dig for a casket. 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