Trump Pays Respects to Army Officers Killed in Afghanistan

Trump Pays Respects to Army Officers Killed in Afghanistan
First Lady Melania Trump and President Donald Trump watch as the remains of Chief Warrant Officer 2 David C. Knadle are carried during a dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Del., on Nov. 21, 2019. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images
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DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del.—President Donald Trump paid respects on Nov. 21 to a pair of Army officers who were killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan earlier this week.

The president and First Lady Melania Trump, along with several senior aides, travelled to Delaware to meet with the families of Chief Warrant Officer 2 David C. Knadle, 33, and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Kirk T. Fuchigami Jr., 25, as they received the fallen soldiers’ remains.