Marine Killed After Offering To Go To Afghanistan

Courtesy NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Fri, 08/21/2009 - 5:04am

The number of soldier fatalities in Afghanistan hit a grim record last month, with at least 43 American troops killed.

Among the dead is a 21-year-old Marine from Yarmouth Port, Mass., on Cape Cod. He had just returned from combat in Iraq when he volunteered to go to Afghanistan.

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