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Not a lot of detail yet - family notifications likely still being confirmed and press releases coordinated.
My heart breaks for the families and the people in their unit(s).
I used the old-school “souls” reference. It always humanizes the loss for me.
From the poem “For the Fallen,” by Laurence Binyon:
“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.”
My heart breaks for the families and the people in their unit(s).
I used the old-school “souls” reference. It always humanizes the loss for me.
Five US troops killed in helicopter crash in Mediterranean Sea
The crew was conducting a “routine air refueling mission” during a training sortie when their aircraft suffered a mishap, the military said Sunday.
www.militarytimes.com
From the poem “For the Fallen,” by Laurence Binyon:
“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.”