GIs Killed in Copter Crash Lauded as Heroes
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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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