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Archive Home > 2009 > June > 26 > Signs of a violent summer at hospital in Afghanistan

Signs of a violent summer at hospital in Afghanistan

By Jason Straziuso and Evan Vucci / The Bulletin
June 26, 2009

BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan — The urgent call came in: Roadside bombs had ripped through two Humvees and wounded eight or nine U.S. soldiers.

Medevac helicopters immediately hit the air to ferry the soldiers to the main U.S. military hospital. But when they arrived, they carried only....

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