For The 38 Killed In The Helicopter Crash In Afghanistan

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From [url="http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/11/pentagon-releases-names-of-chinook-crash-victims/?hpt=hp_bn1"]http://news.blogs.cn...ims/?hpt=hp_bn1[/url]



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Thirty-eight people were killed in that attack, eight of them Afghan military personnel. It was the single largest loss of life for U.S. troops since the Afghan war began in late 2001.
Of the 30 Americans, 17 were Navy SEALs.
Twenty-two of the dead were U.S. Navy personnel, the Pentagon said. Fifteen were SEALs belonging to the top-secret unit that conducted the raid that killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden at a compound in Pakistan. Two others were SEALs assigned to a regular naval special operations unit.
Five were so-called conventional forces with particular specialties who regularly worked with the SEALs. The other eight U.S. troops killed were three Air Force forward air controllers and five Army helicopter crew members.
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This link also has the "stories of those who lost their lives".


Let us pray for them, their familys and friends, and those who shot them down. And for all men and women of the armed forces serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, that they may have a safe return home.




May their souls and all the souls of the departed faithful by God's mercy rest in peace.