In Blog, a Military Man Writes About His Own Death
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âI died doing a job I loved,â U.S. Army Major Andrew Olmsted wrote in his final online piece.
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Adding a voice of experience to the horror stories emerging about soldiers left to rot in the dark corners of Walter Reed Army Medical Center, a patient posts from the hospital. Plus: Robo-chopper sniffs IEDs. In Danger Room.
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A pilot who survived a light aircraft crash in Snowdonia, which killed his friend, speaks publicly for the first time.
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A British newspaper published transcripts on Tuesday of what it said was a cockpit video recording from a U.S. warplane at the center of an inquest into "friendly fire" in Iraq in which a British soldier was killed.
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In the early days of the Iraq war, on the last day of his life, Army Sgt. 1st Class Paul R. Smith showed valor that no U.S. soldier has matched in Iraq. Smith&#039;s men came under attack as they mopped up after the capture of Baghdad&#039;s airport. The sergeant braved hostile fire to evacuate three wounded soldiers and single-handedly killed dozens of enemy soldiers before being killed himself as he covered the evacuation of other wounded Americans.
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Each Tuesday, the US Department of Defense provides an online update of American military casualties (the number of wounded or dead) from Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.
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One person can tell you precisely how many Americans have been killed in Iraq. Another pays close attention to the names and hometowns of those who die each week. A third mourns for the families of fallen U.S. troops, but also figures it was their choice to enlist.
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THE controversial redeployment of the Black Watch regiment claimed its first life yesterday when a soldier was killed in a road accident in central Iraq.
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The name of a British soldier who died in an accident in Basra has been released.
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Here's the painful story of someone who did.
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Marine Lance Cpl. Gregory C. Howman had wanted to serve in the military since he was a little boy. Two weeks ago, he died fulfilling that dream.
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HOLLYWOOD, Fla. -- His wife says a Florida father &quot;went crazy&quot; Wednesday when he was told that his Marine son was killed in combat in Iraq.
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A 45-year-old woman collapsed and died days after learning her son had been killed in Iraq, and just hours after seeing his body. Results of an autopsy were not immediately released, but friends of Karen Unruh-Wahrer said she couldn't stop crying over losing her 25-year-old son, Army Spc. Robert Oliver Unruh, who was killed by enemy fire near Baghdad on Sept. 25.
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He was in the firefights of Fallujah. He saw gaps in America's arsenal that he believes can only be filled when America's elite puts its sons on the battlefield. A plea for selective service.
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After the second funeral for multiple casualties in a month, Army Sgt. John McCary logged on to a computer shared by 200 troops in Iraq's Al Anbar province. There wasn't much time. There never was, to pause, reflect, find meaning. Even after the deaths of friends. McCary, an interrogator, was busy...
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A man whose family has been hit by tragedy speaks of how he and his brother tried to save their brother's life.
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Less than two years ago, Roy Velez got the worst news a father could get: His oldest son was dead, killed during combat in Iraq.