I picked up the Sun Journal April 9 and before I could even to begin to read an article I was upset. The picture on the front page with the Marines praying over a fellow soldier was very disturbing to me.

I am a soldier in the United States Army National Guard, and I wouldn’t want to be displayed like that. We are serving our country and it is a honor. However, we would like to be honored if we die for our country, not displayed on the front of a newspaper, dead.

The picture would have been OK if it were just the Marines praying and giving their respects, but not over the soldier’s body.

I can’t imagine how this soldier’s family feels seeing their loved one in the newspaper like that.

I am writing this letter to ask editors to think about what they put in the paper at a sensitive time like this. Please give us soldiers the dignity and respect we deserve instead of putting whatever will sell on the front page.
Spc. Jennifer L. Morissette,

United States ARNG, Lewiston

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