Gone, not forgotten: Daughter receives gift from fallen father

Romeo Ovelek, and Umut Nafile, shop owners in the Royal Air Forces Lakenheath and Mildenhall Base Exchanges, take a photo with a puzzle box similar to the one given to the daughter of fallen U.S. Marine Corps pilot Maj. Taj Sareen at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, Jan. 19, 2015. The box is similar to one ordered by Sareen as a gift for his daughter, before his tragic final flight Oct. 21, 2015. When notified of the untimely death of a recognized customer and member of the military family, the box was replaced by the shop owners, with the added engraving, “Daddy loves you always.” (U.S Air Force photo by Senior Airman Nigel Sandridge/Released)

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