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Grand Prairie-based National Guard battalion reunites, remembers soldiers killed in crash

Source: The Dallas Morning News

Dallas : TX : USA | 2 months ago

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Ten weeks after their tour of Iraq formally ended, they assembled to celebrate their successes and survival — and to mourn seven members of the unit who died in a helicopter crash weeks after arriving in Iraq. The September 2008 deaths of the crew of the Chinook chopper called “Red River 44” marked...

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National Guard troops gather in Dallas for burial of 7 who died in ...

News Source: Fort Worth Star Telegram | 2 months ago

Almost a year ago to the day, Red River 44 took off from Kuwait, bound for Balad in central Iraq. Seven National Guardsmen, three of them from North Texas, were aboard a CH-47 Chinook helicopter. They were among the last soldiers of Bravo Company,...
Grand Prairie-based National Guard battalion reunites, remembers soldiers ...

News Source: The Dallas Morning News | 2 months ago

Ten weeks after their tour of Iraq formally ended, they assembled to celebrate their successes and survival — and to mourn seven members of the unit who died in a helicopter crash weeks after arriving in Iraq. The September 2008 deaths of the crew...