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Caring Airmen, American citizens clothe wounded warriors

December 31st, 2009
When the crewmembers of 451st Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Flight first deployed to Kandahar Airfield in August, they knew they would be transporting many wounded warriors throughout Afghanistan.

What they didn't expect was to be transporting some of those patients in nothing but their underwear. Hospitals here just had no clothing available.

"These guys are giving their lives, their buddies are dying, some of them are giving their limbs in combat, and I think they deserve to be treated much better than being transported in just their underwear," said Master Sgt. Scott Wilkes, a 451st EAEF aeromedical technician.
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