SHIR GHAZAY, Afghanistan—Capt. Matthew Stiger stood facing the
battlefield memorial made of a rifle, helmet, boots and Benjamin
Schmidt's dog tags. In the long afternoon shadows, he prayed Lance Cpl.
Schmidt's family would get through the hard days to come. He saluted in a
slow, deliberate motion.
And, in a voice only he could hear, Capt. Stiger begged forgiveness from the dead Marine, a 24-year-old sniper his men had mistakenly killed during a firefight on a dusty Afghan ridge. More Read
And, in a voice only he could hear, Capt. Stiger begged forgiveness from the dead Marine, a 24-year-old sniper his men had mistakenly killed during a firefight on a dusty Afghan ridge. More Read
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