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MEMORIALS

It is easy to forget about all the losses we have had in recent years.

To commemorate the seventh anniversary of the Iraq war, the NYTimes compiled these photos of the rooms of dead soldiers.

The Shrine Down the Hall--Soldier's Rooms

Their families had kept the rooms the way they were left.

One has the bed still turned down. Another has two dogs sleeping on the bed.

There are crowded rooms, messy rooms, impeccably neat rooms, boy's rooms, girl's rooms. The details show the life.

It is pretty hard to view these photos without a necessary lump in the throat or stinging eyes.

Labels: Iraq