GIs Killed in Copter Crash Lauded as Heroes
Four of the nine soldiers killed when their helicopter went down in Iraq last month were memorialized at Ft. Carson as modest heroes dedicated to saving lives -- American and Iraqi.
“They asked for nothing and in a moment gave everything,” Maj. William LaChance, commander of the 571st Medical Company based at the fort, said in a letter read at the service.
LaChance and other soldiers said they believed the helicopter was shot down, despite being marked with a red cross. The Army has not determined the cause of the Jan. 8 crash near Fallujah, an official said.
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