A Soldier's Final Journey Home

A Soldier's Final Journey Home A year after the U.S. lifted the ban on media coverage of the return of dead service members, a rare glimpse into the last journey of a fallen soldier Peter van Agtmael Magnum
Peter van Agtmael / Magnum for TIME

Mournful Welcome
Members of the community gather at the airfield in Corinth, Miss., as Ricketts' remains arrive.

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