Three Down; Three Young Men From Derby, Kan., Died in Iraq. And a Small Town Is a Whole Lot Smaller.

From: The Washington Post | Date: May 29, 2005| Author: Wil Haygood | Copyright information

Sometimes -- especially in dreams, or leaning back in a chair, staring into the blue yonder -- it can seem as if they never left at all. As if they merely hustled out the front door to take care of some bit of business and that must be Joe or Dusty or Ryan coming back home just now. As dependable as the train whistle that blows several times a day out by Highway 15.

The business, however, was war, and they're gone without a breath left in them. Those left behind are fighting their ...

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