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  • This combo shows the 30 troops (in alphabetical order by last name from top left to bottom right) killed in a helicopter downing in Afghanistan on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011. The Pentagon on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011, identified the Americans as 17 members of the elite Navy SEALs, five Naval Special Warfare personnel who support the SEALs, three Air Force Special Operations personnel and an Army helicopter crew of five. (AP Photo)

    Portraits of Navy SEALs killed in helicopter crash

    The American troops who died aboard a downed helicopter in Afghanistan came to the special forces from far-flung corners of the country, some motivated by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. They were intensely patriotic and talented young men with a love of physical challenges and a passion for the high-risk job they chose.

  • President Obama walks with Col. Mark Camerer, the 436th Airlift Wing Commander, upon the president's arrival at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Del., on Aug. 9, 2011. (Associated Press)

    Obama pays respects to copter-crash victims

    With President Obama on hand to mourn privately, the remains of 30 U.S. troops killed this weekend in the single bloodiest day of the Afghanistan War were returned to American soil at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Tuesday.

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