Gunfiire kills woman helicopter pilot from South Carolina in Iraq

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

EASLEY, S.C. - An Easley High School graduate has become the first woman pilot killed in Iraq.

The parents of Capt. Kimberley Hampton, 27, say the military has confirmed that their daughter was killed in enemy fire on a helicopter near Fallujah in Iraq.

Hampton is also the first woman from South Carolina killed in combat in Iraq. The other pilot on the OH-58 Kiowa helicopter was injured in the crash.

Hampton was an only child who wanted to be a pilot since the third grade, her parents told WYFF-TV in Greenville. She attended Presbyterian College, where she played tennis.

more: http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/special_packages/iraq/7627320.htm

So young. So many things left to do.

Condolonces to her freinds and family.

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. When they ask why we died

tell them, because our fathers lied

Rudyard Kippling


And war has not changed, why they died, because their fathers died.

[0007]

9. Beautiful!

[RamboLiberal]

15. Thank you for that Kipling piece - how apt

Found this one as well that fits Bush and all who voted for this damn war:

A DEAD STATESMAN
I could not dig: I dared not rob:
Therefore I lied to please the mob.
Now all my lies are proved untrue
And I must face the men I slew.
What tale shall serve me here among
Mine angry and defrauded young?

R.I.P Capt. Kimberley Hampton, we are losing our best and brightest.

[Rulergirl]

2. that's so sad....

:-(

[alcuno]

3. Welcome to DU, Rulergirl

I pray that they all find peace with God.

[DemoTex]

4. I'm starting to feel the dread I did every day of Vietnam.

It took me over 30 years to shake it. Now it's back. Easley is just down the road from me, but anywhere is bad enough. I'll be tuning to WYFF for the 6 pm news. This story will be hard to watch.


The Bu$h legacy.


RIP Capt. Kimberly Hampton

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

5. The similarities seem to be exceeding the Nam travesty...

USA Casualties


Vietnam

1962 to 1964 392

Iraq

First Nine Months 461

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. and it is quickly aproaching

the '66 levels

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

7. Christ, let's hope not. n/t

[Mari333]

12. The dread, the horror is everywhere

no one in the US wants to look at it..there are so many pretending its not bad, but it is. And I know my stepson is flying over there on Jan 6th...
This bullshit is killing the very soul of what used to be Humanity.
Ya, Its Nam, but its up close and personal.
wake fucking up America.

[DemoTex]

8. I just watched the report on WYFF-TV (Greenville, SC). Sad indeed.

Devastated parents - articulate and well-educated - with controlled, understated grief. Kimberly was their only child. They last saw her as she departed on a bus on August 31, 2003. They swapped blown kisses and thumbs-ups. This is tough on these parents. This will open up many wounds if it airs nationally. My heart goes out to them.

[0007]

10. 'Tis a hard one - I hate good byes!

[nadinbrzezinski]

11. Slowly their pain and that of countless other

parents will filter out... and slowly wake up many Muricans to the pain of a war over shifting reasons.

I am not a pacifist by any stretch, and recognize that there are occasions a nation must defend itself... this was not it.

And that is what gets me...

[schultzee]

13. This is terrible. Thier only child. I am so sorry for her parents.

[saigon68]

14. FAUX WILL SQUASH THIS STORY

They don't want the SHEEP pissed at the sick AWOL CHIMPANZEE

"BRING EM ON"---- WELCOME TO IRAQ-NAM

[diamond14]

16. may she rest in peace....WHERE is the OUTRAGE ?????

so many of OUR young dying, talented bright YOUNG Americans snuffed out by bush* orders....and shrub takes long vacations, plays golf, hunts birds at a Halliburton estate.... and says his New Years goals are....exercising his knee so he can jog again....and for OUR Veterans, bush* made certain that their medical care costs were greatly increased...fearing that his war crimes will be exposed, bush* denies any photos of the arriving caskets.....

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

17. Even here, people swallow the bait. There is too little outrage.

[Insider]

18. photos of CPT Hampton & other chopper pilots

quick search produced pilots relaxing in Korea:
http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/nigeria/123/korea3.html

this illegal war must end.

[diamond14]

19. CPT Hampton in her helicopter (pics)..... tragic loss of a vibrant YOUNG

talented woman....her blood is on bush*'s hands....


May she rest in peace...O8)


CPT Hampton relaxes in Korea with colleagues




goodbye, CPT Hampton....if not for bush*, you would have been able to contribute your skills to our National Security, for many years...
We are sad that bush* cared so little about your life... that bush* would order you to Iraq, to DIE for the "bush* immoral/illegal oil war"...




Two CODEPINK women infiltrated a luncheon on September 10, 2003 at the National Press Club. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld was speaking about his recent visit to Iraq and the need for a continued war on terrorism, especially as we mark the second anniversary of the attacks of September 11th, 2001.