Joshua Bernard Photo:- Lance Cpl. Joshua M. Bernard was killed in a Taliban ambush on August 14th in Helmand province. Today the Associated Press has published a Joshua Bernard death photo showing the 21-year-old Marine from New Portland, Maine, dying after having the his lower extremities torn apart by a rocket-launched grenade.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates personally lobbied the Associated Press in an unsuccessful bid that the news agency honor a family's wish that it not distribute a graphic photograph showing the final moments of their son's life after the marine had been mortally wounded in a firefight in Afghanistan. The photo shows 21-year-old Lance Cpl. Joshua M. Bernard of New Portland, Maine, being helped by squadmates shortly after suffering severe leg injuries in a Taliban ambush in southern Afghanistan.
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