Southern governors skip Hunley funeral
Fourteen Southern governors were invited to the Hunley crew funeral but none will attend, citing scheduling conflicts and political risks. South Carolina Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer will attend in place of Gov. Mark Sanford who has Air Force Reserve duty. The event marks the burial of eight crew members after a five mile Charleston procession.
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Hutchings Receives Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal
South Carolina Marine Pvt. Nolen Ryan Hutchings honored for heroism after one of the first U S Marines killed in the Iraq war. Medal presented to his mother Carolyn Hutchings at a Veterans of Foreign Wars hall as family and supporters recall his service near Nasiriyah on March 23 2003. The family received an 800 page investigative report and believes he was killed by friendly fire amid questions about the battle and investigation.
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Lake City native dies in Iraq ambush
Army Sgt. Maj. Michael Boyd Stack of Lake City, a 1974 South Florence High School graduate and father of five, was killed near Iraq after a convoy ambush. He was 48, part of a Fort Campbell special forces unit, and among about 80 U.S. troops killed in April amid renewed violence in Iraq.
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