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American Men Who Died Fighting Islamic State Come Home
Source: Associated Press
American Men Who Died Fighting Islamic State Come Home
By SADIE GURMAN, ASSOCIATED PRESS DENVER — Sep 16, 2016, 2:22 AM ET
Three young men who never joined the U.S. military but died fighting the Islamic State group in Syria will return home Friday to military-style honors as their families and a congressman gather to greet them.
The caskets of Levi Shirley, 24, Jordan MacTaggart, 22, and William Savage, 27, arrived Wednesday at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport after a complicated journey without ceremony.
Shirley and MacTaggart will arrive Friday by train in Denver, while Savage was being transported to North Carolina, where his father lives.
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The men died separately in combat after joining the People's Protection Units — the main Kurdish guerrilla group battling the Islamic State in Syria.
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By SADIE GURMAN, ASSOCIATED PRESS DENVER — Sep 16, 2016, 2:22 AM ET
Three young men who never joined the U.S. military but died fighting the Islamic State group in Syria will return home Friday to military-style honors as their families and a congressman gather to greet them.
The caskets of Levi Shirley, 24, Jordan MacTaggart, 22, and William Savage, 27, arrived Wednesday at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport after a complicated journey without ceremony.
Shirley and MacTaggart will arrive Friday by train in Denver, while Savage was being transported to North Carolina, where his father lives.
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The men died separately in combat after joining the People's Protection Units — the main Kurdish guerrilla group battling the Islamic State in Syria.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/american-men-died-fighting-islamic-state-home-42131525
