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Posted: December 12, 2009 at 4:26 a.m.
Sgt. 1st Class Ronald Strickland could just see the outline of the CH-47 Chinook as it dropped off paratroopers on the outskirts of a village in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province.
Then he saw a streak, a flash and a fireball. The massive cargo helicopter had been shot down.
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