The Denver Post
A Marine’s last journey home
By Lt. Col. Mike Strobl
USMC
Special to The Denver Post
Monday, May 31, 2004 -
Editor’s note: Mike Strobl, a Marine stationed in Virginia, escorted home the body of a Marine from Wyoming, Chance Phelps, who was killed in action in Iraq on April 9.
Strobl, a veteran of Desert Storm, wrote about his experience and sent it to a few people in his office. Since then, his account has appeared on several military websites and become a topic of conversation among members of the military, their families and others.
“It was an amazing experience,” said Strobl, a Grand Junction native and Mesa State graduate. “I started seeing that people were responding to this.”