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AFP2003032605 - AFGHANISTAN, March 24 (UPI) --Army Chaplain (Col.) Richard Rogers performs last rites on March 25, 2003 for six airmen killed when their HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter crashed near Ghazni, Afghanistan, on March 23. The helicopter crew was on its way to pick up two Afghan children for treatment in U.S. medical facilities at Bagram Air Base. The remains were being flown to Dover Air Force Base, Del. The airmens' names are being withheld pending notification of next of kin. rlw/U.S. Army/Terri Rorke UPI
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