Top U.S. surgeon in Iraq killed in crash (Saturday)

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Top U.S. surgeon in Iraq killed in crash

By JEFF LATZKE, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 29 minutes ago

OKLAHOMA CITY - The top U.S. surgeon in Iraq was among the 12 soldiers killed when a Black Hawk helicopter crashed near Baghdad, military officials said Thursday.

Col. Brian D. Allgood, 46, was one of two active-duty soldiers killed in Saturday's crash in Diyala province northeast of Baghdad. The 10 others were members of the National Guard, making it the deadliest single combat incident for the Guard since at least the Korean War, said Mark Allen, a National Guard Bureau spokesman.

The military has relied heavily in the Iraq war on the Guard, which provided about 50 percent of the Army's combat power in the campaign during 2005, Allen said.

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Allgood, whose father and two uncles served in Vietnam, had spent more than 20 years in the military.

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Allgood had been serving in Iraq for about six months before the crash, said his uncle, Dr. Richard Allgood of Lawton.

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[no_hypocrisy]

1. Thousands of viewers cried when the helicopter carrying Col. Henry

Blake crashed in an episode of "M*A*S*H* in the 70's.

This is real. This was not a fictional character. This was a humanitarian. Someone's son, brother, father.

Cry for him. Cry for his loved ones. Cry for all of us.