Memorial
This page is dedicated to all those who gave so much so that we would be free - our military and civilian personnel who have sacraficed so much in defense of our great nation - may their memories live on in our hearts and minds.
It sounds cliche’, but the fight that our men and women face symbolize the very spirit of men and women everywhere, world-wide who have set aside their own lives so that others may have a better life in freedom. To spend time on a former battlefield with those veterans who put their lives on the line is something I am grateful to have experienced and something I will never forget.
To all veterans - Thank you and bless you all.
*For more information, visit the American Battle Monuments Commision.
Click the following for more information on Army Aircrews, military casualties.
In Memory of our friends who are Gone but Never Forgotten
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February 25, 2003
Black Hawk helicopter crashes in Kuwait killing all four crew members
A US Army Black Hawk helicopter has crashed in Kuwait during a night training mission, killing all four crew members. The crash happened near one of the camps in northern Kuwait where tens of thousands of US troops are preparing for the possibility of an attack against Saddam Hussein’s Iraq .The crash occurred about 0100 local time (2200 GMT on Monday) near the military’s Camp New Jersey about 50 kilometres (30 miles) northwest of Kuwait City .
The flight crew of acft #083: SGT Gonzales; SPC Tracey; CW2 Moehling; CW2 Smith
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Fri, January 31, 2003
Four Army soldiers are killed in helicopter crash in Afghanistan
UH-60 Black Hawk goes down in area east of air base — officials say
CW2 Tom Gibbons
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December 11, 2002
UH-60 Crahses into mountain killing five
Five soldiers from 1-228th were killed when a UH-60 crashed into a mountain 85 miles north of Tegucigalpa.
The aircraft departed San Pedro Sula at 8:14 PM and crashed 20 minutes later. It was headed to the US base in Soto Cano.
Spc. Bryan P. Abercrombie.
- CW2 Maurice Lammie (picture on the right - he is the man in the all green flight suit on the left).
