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« What's $900,000 between friends? | Main | A historic opportunity for Veterans Day » Sunday, November 11, 2007Making the ultimate sacrifice
REGION Before he was deployed to Iraq, Marine Lieutenant Joshua L. Booth made seven videos of himself reading bedtime stories, so that his daughter, Grace, could hear her father's voice before going to bed. Booth was killed by a sniper on Oct. 17 of last year in Haditha. A graduate of St. John's High School in Shrewsbury who grew up in Sturbridge, he was 23. The Booth family played the videos for Grace again recently, but her reaction wasn't what they expected. She had nightmares for days afterward. Booth is one of 10 members of the military from communities west of Boston who have died since the United States responded to the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Two others, Seth R. Michaud, a Hudson native, and Kyle A. Little of West Boylston, also left behind young children who will grow up without a father. Read more about the sacrifices made by military families in the Globe West region as Veteran's Day approaches. Posted by the Boston Globe City & Region Desk at 12:42 PM
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