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Memorial Day Observances Across Afghanistan and Iraq
U S forces in Afghanistan and Iraq marked Memorial Day with solemn ceremonies as NATO airstrikes pressed in Nuristan and Kandahar. In Afghanistan Gen McChrystal led tributes at Bagram while Maj Sherwood and Maj Powell recalled fallen comrades. In Iraq troops gathered at Camp Victory to honor fallen soldiers, as four more people died in attacks elsewhere. May ranks as the deadliest month for U S forces in Afghanistan this year with 50 total fatalities across May.
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Bagram
Afghanistan
U.S
Iraq
NATO
Nuristan
Pakistan
Kandahar
Kabul
World Trade Center
the Sons and Daughters of America
Breezy Point
Queens
New York
McChrystal
Maj
John Sherwood
San Antonio
Sherwood
82Nd Airborne Division
Fort Bragg
North Carolina
Sonya Powell
Cincinnati
Powell
401St Army Field Support Brigade
Saddam _ Hussein
Baghdad
Camp Victory
Robert W. Cone
Barg-e-Matal
Panjwai
Haji Amir
Amir
Taliban
Qari Yousef Ahmadi
Associated Press
Marjah
Helmand
Britain
Defense Ministry
May
America
Tehran