3rd ID Tribute to Storm Flight 557 which crashed on April 2nd 2003 in Iraq

The Blackhawk crew, from the Army's 2nd Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment of the 3rd Infantry Division out of Savannah, Ga., died when their helicopter crashed April 2nd 2003 while moving equipment needed to take out pockets of the Medina Division of the Iraqi Republican Guard. The crash took the lives of Capt. James Adamouski, 29, of Springfield, Va., CW4 (Chief Warrant Officer) Erik Halvorsen, 40 of Bennington, Vt., CW3 Eric Smith, 41, CW2 Scott Jamar, 32 of Granbury, Texas, Sgt. Mike Pedersen, 26 of Flint, Mich. and SPC Mathew Boule, 22 of Dracut, Mass.
The song is the original recording from the Memorial..

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[battlesix2]

RIP fellas

[pegasowarrior]

Captain Osorio loved flying Black Hawk helicopters. Captain Osorio, 30 years, had been flying Black Hawks since 1998 but on Wednesday 26 february 2003, he lost his life doing what he loved when his helicopter crashed and fell down in Colombia. Captain Osorio was born in Villavicencio a small town in Colombia, where he had dreamed of flying as a child. He joined the army in 1990 and was stationed in Bogota. He worked hard to meet the army's pilot criteria.

[RAMoore1159]

God Bless all men.....