What event marked the 20th anniversary of Carrie French’s death?
BOISE, Idaho (CBS2) — In the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, the United States launched military operations in Afghanistan and later expanded its military presence across Iraq, the Middle East, and Central Asia. As the Global War on Terror continued, many Americans lost their lives, including many Idahoans.
In March of 2003, when the United States invaded Iraq, Major Gregory Stone of the Idaho Air National Guard was critically wounded when a fellow American soldier attacked a command tent with grenades in Kuwait. He died from his injuries two days later. He was forty years old and attached to the Army’s 101st Airborne Division. He was a father of two children and had served 20 years in the Idaho Air National Guard…