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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 2004
Page
8
Jim Butler traveled to Iraq to see where Sgt. Jacob Butler fought and died on April 1 2003. He plans a book Beyond Honor A Fathers Tribute to His Son describing Jake life service and last letters to preserve the soldiers names and stories for readers nationwide.
Local veterans share memories and pain from war. Butler recalls his son Jake’s death in Iraq and his own journey to the battlefield site with a military escort. He honors him by playing his son’s favorite songs and speaks about coping and the meaning of freedom.
Westminster Presbyterian Church premieres Blessed are the Peacemakers at 10:30 a.m. honoring Ottawan Christopher Wasser, a Marine lance corporal killed April 8 in Iraq. Choir director Janie Kuehn notes the piece by Pepper Choplin could travel beyond Ottawa as funds raised by the chancel choir support the commission.
Westminster Church commissions Pepper Chaplin to write Blessed are the peacemakers honoring Christ opher Wasser. The piece links war and peace, with Choplin noting the commission honors Wasser’s sacrifice and the service of young people who serve in conflict zones.
Insurgents kill two U S Marines and wound four others west of Baghdad. A roadside bomb kills a U S soldier and wounds another north of Baghdad. Three British soldiers die and eight wounded near Baghdad as Iraq’s Prime Minister warns the window for peace is closing before a Fallujah assault. U S jets strike insurgent positions and barriers in Fallujah while authorities seal roads into the city.
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