Searching Through Our War Dead
Some of us just attended a meeting about what newspapers can do with websites, at which we were made aware of a nifty page worth bookmarking -- the Washington Post's Faces of the Fallen: Iraq and Afghanistan Casualties (they actually mean "fatalities"), where you can read mini-bios on all 3,203 Americans killed, break down the fallen by state, see a city-by-city breakdown among the 329 from California or the seven from Long Beach; or just focus on Pfc. George Torres.
What does this newspaper do? There's a useful collection of stories and special packages over at latimes.com/iraq, and a much cruder (though constantly updated) PDF file of fatalaties.



Reading the biographies of the soldiers and the messages from loved ones at the soldier's guestbook is very moving and humbling. The maps are helpful as well. Very well done.
Posted by: Jason | November 30, 2006 at 04:08 PM