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Kate Hoit

articles/2014/05/26/the-names-you-don-t-hear-nearly-200-women-have-died-in-iraq-and-afghanistan/140523-hoyt-memorialized-tease_m7g648
Buttercup

The Women Who Died in the Wars

A former Army journalist remembers a memorial service for “Butter-Cup,” a soldier killed in Iraq, and the untold sacrifices of female service members who died in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Kate Hoit

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