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    Amid Military Tension, Meme Misdates Soldiers’ Deaths

    by Saranac Hale Spencer Jan 08, 2020 1 minute
    Quick Take

    A meme circulating on Facebook displays photos of five U.S. soldiers that purportedly were killed “this Tuesday in Afghanistan.” Actually, they died in 2013 and there was a sixth soldier killed in the same incident who isn’t included in the meme.

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    A photo montage recently with this message: “These are the five men that died in a helicopter crash this Tuesday in Afghanistan. Fill your news feed with dedications to them, as they were fighting for our country.”

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