Honor Guard instead of Baggage Handlers Story aired: Tuesday, April 10, 2007
A California father whose son died in Iraq has helped pushed through a new policy to bring the bodies of those soldiers home on private charter jets instead of commercial flights.
The policy change came after John Holley complained to Congressman Duncan Hunter when Holley heard that his son Matthew would be coming home to San Diego in a commercial cargo hold.
Army Specialist Matthew Holly was 21-years-old when he was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq in 2005.
Guests:
John Holley
SPECIAL FEATURE:
See cellphone photos of the soldier's coffin arriving at Logan.
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