In April 2004, Lieutenant
Colonel Michael Strobl, USMC, came across the name of 19-year-old Lance
Corporal Chance Phelps, a young Marine who had been killed by hostile fire in
Al Anbar Province, Iraq. Strobl, a Desert Storm veteran with 17 years of military
service, requested that he be assigned for military escort duty to accompany
Chance's remains to his family in Dubois, Wyo.
Witnessing the spontaneous outpouring of support and respect for the fallen
Marine - from the groundskeepers he passed along the road to the cargo handlers
at the airport - Strobl was moved to capture the experience in his personal
journal, writing “Taking Chance.” What
follows is the original writing. The
form has been modified to include images from the film and subheadings added by
the instructor to aid readers in organizing and understanding the depth of
information. LINK TO PDF OF COL STROBL'S JOURNAL
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