thedrifter
03-19-07, 11:20 AM
Marines Shot Down In Chopper Over Iraq Remembered
POSTED: 8:31 am PDT March 19, 2007
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- Four Marines who died when their Sea Knight helicopter was shot down northwest of Baghdad February seventh will be remembered at a Camp Pendleton ceremony Monday morning.
The Marine Corps initially said the crash was the result of mechanical failure.
But after an al-Qaida-linked insurgent group posted a video of a rocket hitting the chopper, officials acknowledged it had been shot down.
Ellie
POSTED: 8:31 am PDT March 19, 2007
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- Four Marines who died when their Sea Knight helicopter was shot down northwest of Baghdad February seventh will be remembered at a Camp Pendleton ceremony Monday morning.
The Marine Corps initially said the crash was the result of mechanical failure.
But after an al-Qaida-linked insurgent group posted a video of a rocket hitting the chopper, officials acknowledged it had been shot down.
Ellie