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item number: 196576
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Created: January 27, 2008

Published: January 28, 2008
Arlington, Virginia United States
SLUG: ME/BIRTHDAY. DATE: January, 27, 2008 CREDIT: Katherine Frey / TWP. Arlington, VA. Paula Davis gathers friends and family to Arlington Cemetery to celebrate what would have been her son, Justin's, 21st birthday. He was killed in Afghanistan. Paula Davis quietly cries as she watches the 21 balloons float southeast. Friends and family released the balloons at Justin Davis' gravesite at Arlington Cemetery to mark what would have been his 21st birthday Jan. 28. Justin was Paula's only child.

by: Katherine Frey TWP