Pat Tillman corporal served + Army Ranger
He joined the United States Army Rangers and served multiple tours in combat before he was killed by friendly fire in the mountains of Afghanistan. Details about the circumstances surrounding his death have been the subject of controversy and military investigations. The Defense Department didn't disclose that Tillman died by friendly fire for more than a month. In the meantime, he was posthumously awarded the Silver Star for valor and promoted from specialist to corporal. A Navy officer said at a televised memorial service that Tillman died heroically, a victim of the ambush.
Jon Krakauer's new book Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman reveals how the Bush administration made one of Pat Tillman's fears come true when it turned the friendly fire death into a propaganda victory. "One night he said that he was afraid that if something happened to him, they would parade him through the streets," said his friend Spc. Jade Lane. In the book Krakauer describes Tillman as an atheist.
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