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Daniel Abbiati, Benjamin Barning, Nathan Briggs, Brittany Eichelberg, Melissa Gomez, Leah Hanrahan and Jennifer Ridolfi, all of Oakdale; Kendra Lewis, Lauren Medbery and Ashley Swaney, all of Old Lyme; Nicole Retano, Kaitlyn Russell and Brynna Williams, all of Old Saybrook; Dianne Brower, Nicholas Falck, Heidi Mattson, Andrea Peterson, Hannah Riley and Rachel Ward, all of Pawcatuck; Elizabeth Caron, Maureen French, Stephanie George, Melissa Holland, Katherine Sowa and Caron Wunderlich, all of Preston; Amberlee Nicoulin, Quaker Hill; Carolyn LaSaracina and Lauren Oleynek, Salem; Michelle Barber, Nicholas Carchidi, Rachel Carpentier, Christina Glass, Christina Glass and Stephanie Poer, all of Sterling; Jayme Dunn and Paul Simonds, Jr., Stonington; Mark Bettencourt, Taftville; Barbara Archambeault, David Bartlett, Louise Behan, Thomas Fuchs, Heather Geiler, Sharon Hagen, Jessica Horan, Catherine Keeney, Lisa McQuown, Kyle Orzechowski, Joseph Rainville, Jessica Rubin, Maria Vazquez and Christopher Wojick, all of Uncasville; Nicholas Brisson, Karl Lamothe, Brendan Merrill and Ryan Swabby, all of Voluntown; Sharon Berry, John Ciesluk, Sarah Elkin, Linda Littlefield, Roxanne Lopardo, Sarah McGuire, Mark Neuman, Anitra Ramseur, Marianna Saporito, Stephanie Serrano and Whitney Shine, all of Waterford.

Mary McHugh and James Regan « Sexuality & Love in the Arts

John Moore recorded an image of Mary McHugh at the grave of her fiance Sgt. James John Regan (who was killed by an IED explosion in Iraq in February 2007) at Arlington National Cemetery , May 27, 2007.

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Mary McHugh, the fiancé of a James Regan, moved a thousand mourners to tears with her touching tribute at his funeral.  “Jimmy was a hero to many, but he was always very humble,” she said of her beloved.  “He always sought team success and not personal glory.”

Regan was to marry McHugh, a medical student at Emory University, when his Army service ended.  He was killed in February 2007 by a roadside bomb in Iraq.

“Jimmy and I were so excited to stand up in front of God, our family and friends and declare our love for each other,” McHugh said.  ”Only God knows why we were deprived of that opportunity, but it doesn’t change the sentiments I have.”

Regan, an All-American lacrosse player and All-State football scholar at Chaminade High School in Mineola, graduated from Duke University five years ago.  He was deeply affected by the 9/11 terror attacks, which claimed many lives in Manhasset, and turned down a position at financial services firm UBS and deferred a scholarship to Southern Methodist University Law School to join the Army in 2004.  He had earned a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star.

After reading a love letter Regan wrote to her, McHugh said in a passionate whisper, “Jimmy, we never got to wake up next to each other every morning.  Jimmy, I will wake up every morning and thank God for the opportunity to love and be loved by you.”

McHugh remembered Regan as someone who always wore a smile and “simply wanted to be happy and make others around him happy.”

Regan’s father, also named James, said his son did just that.

“Last week in Iraq the bell tolled for Jimbo and he gave the ultimate sacrifice,” the grieving father said. “You have done your duty, son, as you saw it.  You are a wonderful son.”

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The above photo has been the source of some controversy.  There are some forces that would like to suppress its publication.  Some feel that publicizing honest images, such as this one, conveying the gravity of our losses, serves to undermine the war efforts in Iraq.

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