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Senior Airman Kayla Penn closes a transfer vehicle holding transfer cases containing the remains of Army Capt. Michael W. Newton, Marine Lance Cpl. Sean M. O'Conner, Marine Lance Cpl. Jason D. Hill and Marine Lance Cpl. Joshua B. McDaniels, Tuesday, June 14, 2011, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Newton, 30, of Newport News, Va., died June 11, 2011 of injuries sustained in a non-combat related incident in Faryab province, Afghanistan; Hill, 20, of Poway, Calif., died June 11, 2011 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan; and McDaniels, 21, of Dublin, Ohio, and O'Conner, 22, of Douglas, Wyo., both died June 12, 2011 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.
Four young men are returning home in flag-drapped coffins. This is a scene that seems to repeat itself way too frequently.
On this Flag Day please remember the men and women who died serving our country and the freedoms that the Stars and Stripes represents.
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An Army carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Staff Sgt. Frank E. Adamski III at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Thursday, March 31, 2011. According to the Department of Defense, Adamski, 26, of Moosup, Conn., died March 29 of wounds sustained when enemy forces attacked his unit with small arms fire in Konar province, Afghanistan.
Day in and day out, staff at Dover Air Force Base continue the sad job of transporting fallen soldiers from Afghanistan and other conflict zones around the world.
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