![]() ![]() He had studied agricultural economics at Oxford, but his heart was in understanding the globe. He went on to lead the journalism department at Boston University and then the International Center for Journalists in Washington.Early in his Monitor career, David landed the perfect (for him) reporting assignment: covering the United Nations, where the entire world comes to you. “Come see me when you’re about to graduate.”I did, and the rest is history. David rose to become managing editor, but resigned in 1988 – along with the editor, deputy managing editor, and many staff – in a dispute over the Monitor’s direction. Still, he remained a dear friend to many of us. ![]() “You should think about being a foreign correspondent,” he said. One day I dropped by, and there was this tall, charming British gentleman with a ready smile and endless questions.“Do you like to travel?” David asked. He was visiting the paper’s bureau, where I had befriended correspondent David Willis and his family. We were being paid to learn.I met David in 1980, during a college semester in Moscow. To young staffers, it was better than grad school. ![]() As foreign editor, he led morning meetings dubbed “Sunday School,” as we gathered round to discuss events and coverage ideas. He was a mentor to legions of Monitor reporters and editors, by nature a teacher, with a strong sense of principle and a gift for making reporters’ draft copy shine on deadline.Foremost, the “lede” should be short and the point of the story readily apparent, David drilled into us. Makayla Tendall and previous reporting by William Petroski contributed.David Anable, who died early this week, was more than a former Monitor correspondent and senior editor. ![]() His career plans were set as early as the eighth and ninth grades, when he began talking about joining the Marine Corps, one of his longtime friends previously told the Register.Ī book about Kasal's career in the Marines, "My Men Are My Heroes," went on sale nationwide in major bookstores in 2010. The Marine graduated from East Union High School in 1984. Bush at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Kasal was once visited by President George W. He lost about 4 inches of leg bone after being struck repeatedly by bullets from an AK-47 assault rifle. That purpose was to do something better, to swear to support and defend the Constitution, and to be a part of something greater."Īfter Kasal was severely wounded in Iraq, he was transported to military hospitals in Germany and Maryland, where doctors worked to repair his shattered right leg and to remove shrapnel from his body. The Iowa native left the ceremony's crowd with a message, according to the Marine Corps: "I want every Marine and Sailor to understand they enlisted for a reason and a purpose. In a statement on Twitter, the Corps called Kasal "the Marine behind one of the most iconic images from the Iraq War."ĭuring the ceremony Friday, Kasal, who was appointed I MEF sergeant major in 2015, relinquished the sword of office to Porterfield, whose previous post was sergeant major of Third Marine Aircraft Wing, the Corps said. He became known worldwide when a photo of him, bloody and clutching his 9 mm handgun as he was helped by two Marines from the Fallujah house, was widely circulated. The Iowa House and Senate, which gave him standing ovations, unanimously passed resolutions citing him for patriotic and courageous service, the Register reported in 2006. Kasal's bravery earned widespread recognition and he received the Navy Cross, one of the nation's highest military awards. One Marine died in the rescue mission, and the other Americans came out alive. He killed one enemy fighter in an exchange of rifle fire at point-blank range, according to Register archives. The then-38-year-old Kasal suffered more than 40 shrapnel wounds after he bear-hugged a wounded Marine to protect him from a grenade explosion, the Des Moines Register reported at the time. ![]()
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