atldlff ... thank you for posting this and thank you Delta folks for your patriotism ... it reminded me of an experience I posted about last year. Here is a short except from a letter I sent to Delta:

"I was on flight 1075 from RDU to ATL yesterday (12/12/10) and was so moved by what I witnessed, that I wanted to let Delta know of my appreciation. Flight 1075 had the privilege of transporting one of our fallen heroes on his final journey home to Texas from Afghanistan. I witnessed the loading of this hero along with all of the other passengers viewing it from the RDU concourse adjacent to the gate. The honor and reverence that was shown by all involved was so incredible and moving. The pilot of flight 1075 expressed over the PA some very genuine and appropriate words and I was honored to be a part of the entire experience. I am the father of a US Marine on active duty and am always amazed at the patriotism, attention and honor that Delta and all your front line flight folks show to our traveling military. The pilot told us the name of this fallen soldier but I was caught up in the moment and did not write it down. Thank you again for what you all do and not being afraid to express it to your customers."

PS ... the one thing that impressed me the most was the behavior of all the passengers on this flight. When we got to ATL, the pilot asked that all remain seated until the military escort left the plane ... and when the "bell rang", not a person moved until that happened. I was seated in 4B and looked to the back of the plane, and did not see one person move until the pilot released us. We were a few minutes late to the gate so I know there must of been some tight connections ... but absolutely no one moved!