Pat Christman / Mankato Free Press via AP
A group of Madelia, Minn. residents wave flags outside of First United Presbyterian Church in Madelia as the hearse carrying Emilio Campo Jr. approaches after the funeral on June 17. Campo was a 20-year-old medic who joined the U.S. Army to pursue his dream of becoming a doctor. He was one of five soldiers who died June 6 in a rocket attack.
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MARJA, AFGHANISTAN - SEPTEMBER 24: U.S. Army flight medic SGT Tyrone Jordan of Charlotte, NC attached to Dustoff Task Force Shadow of the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade carries Marine LCpl. David Hawkins of Parker, CO to a MEDEVAC helicopter after he was wounded by a blast from an improvised explosive device (IED) September 24, 2010 near Marja, Afghanistan. Task Force Shadow is responsible for evacuating wounded Afghani and Coalition forces as well as local nationals throughout southern Afghanistan.
This image jumped out at me as soon as it came through the feed this morning. Amazing image, I'd love to see the video from the camera that the medic is wearing. For more images from Afghanistan click here.
As of Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010, at least 1,200 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S. invasion in late 2001, according to an Associated Press count.
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