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On Sept. 11, U.S. Marine 1st Lt. Timothy McLaughlin ’00 was working
at the Pentagon when a terrorist-controlled jet crashed into a portion
of the building and killed more than 100 of his co-workers. On that tragic
day, McLaughlin was given an American flag, which he took with him when
he was called to Iraq this year. That flag was seen in thousands of photographs
and video images on April 9, when McLaughlin gave it to some of his fellow
Marines, who promptly used it to cover the face on a large bronze statue
of Saddam Hussein that was being pulled to the ground in Baghdad’s
Paradise Square. The pictures became an emblem of victory and liberation
and were beamed all over the world. McLaughlin is a member of the Marine’s
1st Tank Battalion, supporting the Marine’s 3rd Battalion, 4th Regiment,
which led the march to Baghdad and saw heavy fighting in the early stages
of the war.
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