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Pentagon identifies five Americans killed in Black Hawk crash in Egypt
Top from left: Capt. Seth Vernon Vandekamp; Chief Warrant Officer 3 Dallas Gearld Garza; Staff Sgt. Kyle Robert McKee. Bottom from left: Chief Warrant Officer 2 Marwan Sameh Ghabour; and Sgt. Jeremy Cain Sherman.<br>
Top from left: Capt. Seth Vernon Vandekamp; Chief Warrant Officer 3 Dallas Gearld Garza; Staff Sgt. Kyle Robert McKee. Bottom from left: Chief Warrant Officer 2 Marwan Sameh Ghabour; and Sgt. Jeremy Cain Sherman.<br>

An Army doctor on his first overseas assignment and three veterans of the Afghanistan War were among the five Americans killed in a helicopter crash in Egypt, the Pentagon said Saturday.

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The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan arrives at its homeport, Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, in this screenshot from a live video on the carrier's Facebook page, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020.<br>Facebook
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Pentagon identifies five Americans killed in Black Hawk crash in Egypt

An Army doctor on his first overseas assignment and three veterans of the Afghanistan War were among the five Americans killed in a helicopter crash in Egypt, the Pentagon said Saturday.

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Top from left: Capt. Seth Vernon Vandekamp; Chief Warrant Officer 3 Dallas Gearld Garza; Staff Sgt. Kyle Robert McKee. Bottom from left: Chief Warrant Officer 2 Marwan Sameh Ghabour; and Sgt. Jeremy Cain Sherman.<br>

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Top from left: Capt. Seth Vernon Vandekamp; Chief Warrant Officer 3 Dallas Gearld Garza; Staff Sgt. Kyle Robert McKee. Bottom from left: Chief Warrant Officer 2 Marwan Sameh Ghabour; and Sgt. Jeremy Cain Sherman.<br>

Pentagon identifies five Americans killed in Black Hawk crash in Egypt

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