Lance Cpl. Eric J. Darby, 20,
of Lafayette, La.; Lance Cpl. Gino J. LaRocca, 21, of Sayreville,
N.J.; and Lance Cpl. Matthew T. Kallback, 21, of Pompton Plains,
N.J. -- the 60mm Mortar Section of 2nd Platoon, 3-3 Marines .
. . get ready to bed down for the night at a patrol base high
in the Alishang Valley of Afghanistan.
Deparment
of Defense: Two Marines in the 3rd. Battalion in Afghanistan
lost their lives on Mother's Day, May 8, 2005, during an insurgence
attack by Taliban Drug Lords, the same who helped finance ben
ladin in the 9/11 attacks on America.
LCPL Matthew Kallback
on leave June 2005 in Weaverville, North Carolina
