By: E&P Staff As it did on at least one previous occasion earlier this year, The New York Times on Thursday morning published photographs of nearly all every one of the 1,005 American military personnel killed in Iraq since March 2003. The stamp-size, black and white pictures now cover more than two pages.
To fill out the three-page, "A" section spread, the newspaper presented a map of the country with fatality clusters marked, various charts and bar graphs, and a photo of a memorial created at a baseball field in Whitman, Mass., featuring one ball for every victim.
According to statistics, California and Texas lead the nation in losing the most troops in Iraq, but Vermont, North Dakota, Nebraska, and Wyoming have the highest per capita death toll. Just over 50% of those lost were under the age of 24. Nearly half were married, and 18% were in the National
Guard or Reserves.
The Washington Post also offered a three-page spread of those killed in Iraq. However, its tribute included only those who have died since July 1. According to executive editor Leonard Downie, Jr., the paper offered just the recent deaths because it had published photo galleries of others killed in earlier issues.
The Thursday tribute included more than 100 photos, along with a map of Iraq indicating where most of the deaths had occurred.
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