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Iraq war widow finds support to cope with her gr

Her mother shook. Her brother's eyes filled with tears. And at the front door loomed the shadows of an Army officer and chaplain.

Nicole Hart, wife of Sgt. David J. Hart, serving a second tour in Iraq, stared in stoney disbelief.

"On behalf of the secretary of defense," the woman officer told her Jan. 8, the day of her husband's death, "we regret to inform you ..."

Hart's grief - and support from an online group of young military widows - is the subject of a documentary that will be screened Monday in Culver City.

"We Regret to Inform You," a three-part interactive webcast produced by the Brave New Foundation's "In Their Boots" series, will then air online starting Wednesday.

Later this month, Hart will join supporters from the American Widow Project for a cross-country road trip to speak of their unspeakable loss.

"I want to be there for another widow," said Hart, 23, from her Burbank condominium filled with mementos of her husband   Read Full Article...