{"id":1107,"date":"2016-10-17T23:51:14","date_gmt":"2016-10-18T03:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsenterprise\/?p=1107"},"modified":"2016-10-17T23:51:14","modified_gmt":"2016-10-18T03:51:14","slug":"things-that-carried-him-outline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsenterprise\/things-that-carried-him-outline\/","title":{"rendered":"Things that Carried Him Outline"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Part 1: Indiana, The End<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Subject is Don Collins, middle-aged and mapping rectangle\n<ul>\n<li>Spent childhood working with father embalming bodies, familiar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Begins digging burial\n<ul>\n<li>Scooping dirt for grave, decides to move it out of sight<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Military members arrive and assemble for the funeral<\/li>\n<li>Motorcade took a longer route to cemetery\n<ul>\n<li>Motorcade arrives, flanked by civilians paying respect<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Casket, which is specially designed for Iraq vets, is removed\n<ul>\n<li>Reverend leads prayers and songs, including Nine Inch Nails, are played<\/li>\n<li>Soldiers fire their three shots in perfect unison<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The bugler at the funeral is a real musician, which is rare now\n<ul>\n<li>Leatherbee begins playing Taps<\/li>\n<li>The bugler always keeps his eyes open when he plays at funerals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Folding the flag can be the hardest part for soldiers, close to the family\n<ul>\n<li>Soldiers hands were shaking as they folded the flag<\/li>\n<li>Huber placed polished shells into folded flag<\/li>\n<li>Dawson passes flag to general<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Belinda Pinckney was assigned to attend funeral, as a general officer\n<ul>\n<li>Connected with the wife, Missie, to help her deal with loss<\/li>\n<li>Says she must be strong for families, it could be her<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Folded flag is held closely to widow\u2019s chest<\/li>\n<li>Service over, people begin parting ways\n<ul>\n<li>Collins begins burying tomb, temporary tombstone for Sgt. Montgomery<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Mother remembers baptizing her son in the same church of his funeral<\/li>\n<li>Gail smokes to relieve stress and has a kit to make it more \u2018ladylike&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>She has lost many people in her life, but losing Joey really got to her\n<ul>\n<li>Looking at her surviving family and friends at the funeral<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Many people at the funeral did not know Joey well, various reasons\n<ul>\n<li>People could piece together bits about him, but not his reasons for serving<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Joey\u2019s body was escorted to his hometown by two state troopers\n<ul>\n<li>The procession would be three miles long<\/li>\n<li>Biggest procession they had seen<\/li>\n<li>Patriot Guard Riders formed in response to fundamentalists taunting families at soldiers\u2019 funerals<\/li>\n<li>Micah Montgomery\u2019s friend, Charles Dunaway, volunteered to be official escort<\/li>\n<li>Townspeople lined the sidewalk to watch the procession<\/li>\n<li>People crying for family<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Joey used to work at steel forge<\/li>\n<li>Joey\u2019s best friend, Ryan Heacock, distraught over losing friend\n<ul>\n<li>Friends in high school as outcasts<\/li>\n<li>Introduced Joey to Missie<\/li>\n<li>Ryan sold paintings to Joey<\/li>\n<li>Ryan designs tombstones, including Joey&#8217;s<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Mourners line the streets with flags<\/li>\n<li>Joey was homeless after high school, troubled\n<ul>\n<li>Went to Florida to live with sister, Mindy<\/li>\n<li>Ryan visited to help Joey and Mindy<\/li>\n<li>Joey asked mom to take him home<\/li>\n<li>Came home, became father to Missie\u2019s daughter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Two more pregnancies, little money, so Joey joined the Army\n<ul>\n<li>Inspired by brother<\/li>\n<li>Life felt properly aligned in Alaska<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Gail last saw Joey on Christmas, took family pictures\n<ul>\n<li>Joey is coming home again<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Joey looked good enough for a viewing\n<ul>\n<li>Gail and Missie spent a long time looking at him<\/li>\n<li>Tried to replace Joey\u2019s ring to find glove was filled with cotton<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Army chaplain Jim Staggers waits for plane\n<ul>\n<li>Joey would be honorable transfer<\/li>\n<li>Staggers felt calling to be chaplain<\/li>\n<li>Prepared family for funeral<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Guardsmen can tell a lot about a soldier by carrying casket\n<ul>\n<li>Kept game faces with light casket<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Staggers begins prayers\n<ul>\n<li>Missie and Gail approach casket with family to pay respects<\/li>\n<li>Carry casket back to hearse<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Two state troopers would join National Guard<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Part Two: Dover AFB<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Soldiers bodies are taken back to the U.S. via charter plane, used to be commercial\n<ul>\n<li>Now planes that only transport fallen soldiers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Kalitta crew randomly assigned to haul bodies\n<ul>\n<li>Make mental maps of routes and places<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Crew had never been to Seymour before Joey\n<ul>\n<li>Smaller town, bigger turnout<\/li>\n<li>As it became more common, people got more practiced<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Casket moved to ball mat in hangar, family really feels it at this point\n<ul>\n<li>Jones doesn\u2019t watch<\/li>\n<li>Tons of people showed up in Seymour, remember most trips<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Mortuary is tough place to work &#8211; Cory Larsen\n<ul>\n<li>Only 12 permanent staff, many volunteer to return<\/li>\n<li>Giles doesn\u2019t discuss what she sees<\/li>\n<li>Dignity, honor, respect<\/li>\n<li>3,431 is Joey\u2019s number<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Five days at mortuary, processed\n<ul>\n<li>Nothing dangerous found on him, no personal effects<\/li>\n<li>Counseling and mediation rooms available<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Chaplains are always available<\/li>\n<li>Joey was \u201cbelieved to be\u201d status at first<\/li>\n<li>Autopsy to document and predict\n<ul>\n<li>Joey likely killed instantly, close to explosive<\/li>\n<li>Morticians must close eyes<\/li>\n<li>Fluid replacement and repair of body<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Want to make body viewable to family like they remember<\/li>\n<li>Body put in casket in full uniform, then flag<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Richard Formica &#8211; moving bodies is important job\n<ul>\n<li>He was there when Joey came in<\/li>\n<li>Lists of \u201cincoming sheets&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Chaplain struggled with religion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Transfers are given red carpet\n<ul>\n<li>Honor guards march out, crew always struggles<\/li>\n<li>Sparks leads prayer as cases are loaded into trunk<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Formica &#8211; job is always difficult, always a family<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Part Three: Forward Operating Base Falcon<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Terry Slaght was friends with Montgomery, KIA south Baghdad\n<ul>\n<li>Slaght to arrange flight, wants to be with friend<\/li>\n<li>Loads Joey\u2019s body into truck, placed in bag<\/li>\n<li>Slaght waits<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Micah hears of Joey\u2019s death, calls aunt and uncle<\/li>\n<li>News coming in at base, not sure who\n<ul>\n<li>Vicki tells Gail, word spreads<\/li>\n<li>Ryan tells Missie, friends gather to support her<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Joey was in Humvee listening to music, other people in vehicle too\n<ul>\n<li>On phone with Missie, explosion, told her he\u2019s ok<\/li>\n<li>Driving down dirt road, pull into patrol base<\/li>\n<li>Captains brief men on mission, raid of a farm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Executing raid, Joey walking point\n<ul>\n<li>Explosion\n<ul>\n<li>Loud noise<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Other men couldn\u2019t see Joey, unclear on what had happened<\/li>\n<li>Rudberg fell and saw Joey\u2019s uniform<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Joey\u2019s body is gone from waist down\n<ul>\n<li>Know he\u2019s dead, call in KIA, carry him out<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Gathered belongings and silently walked to Humvee\n<ul>\n<li>Joey placed on hood<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Bostick thinks about Micah, doesn\u2019t talk to him til brother dies<\/li>\n<li>Troops salute the trucks at base, become emotional\n<ul>\n<li>Body taken to the morgue, chaplain leads prayer<\/li>\n<li>Other soldiers cannot sleep<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Joey is placed in Black Hawk to be taken home, others salute<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Part 1: Indiana, The End Subject is Don Collins, middle-aged and mapping rectangle Spent childhood working with father embalming bodies, familiar Begins digging burial Scooping dirt for grave, decides to move it out of sight Military members arrive and assemble for the funeral Motorcade took a longer route to cemetery Motorcade arrives, flanked by civilians &hellip; 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