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WASHINGTON _ State flags were ordered flown at half-staff to honor Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Kyler Estrada, a sailor from Maricopa who was killed this week in a non-combat training incident in Djibouti. Jan Brewer ordered flags flown at half-staff Thursday and again on the day of his burial. Estrada, a Navy hospital corpsman who described his job on his Facebook page as “fixing broken Marines,” was serving with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit when he died Feb. But a separate report from the Naval Safety Center said an enlisted service member in Djibouti died from a gunshot wound during a live-fire training exercise on Feb. Calling Estrada a “true Arizona hero,” Gov. , was in the Horn of Africa country in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, the department’s statement said. The Pentagon did not release any further details on Estrada’s death.Source: Cronkite News
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Talking over the victory were Lt. Arthur T. Wood, USMC, Lt. Frank B. Baldwin, USMC, and Lt. W. J. Shocker, USMC. Referring to the same attack, Tokyo claimed that 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, and 10 transports were sunk and 37 planes downed at a loss of 6 Jap aircraft. (The Japanese bombers came escorted by 48 Zero fighters to attack United States shipping in the Guadalcanal area, and were successful in sinking a destroyer, a corvette and a tanker, and in damaging a small fuel boat. Allied losses were 6 Wildcats, an Airacobra, a destroyer, a corvette, a tanker.
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