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Medford man killed in Afghanistan helicopter crash

An Army Green Beret from Medford was among the 10 Americans killed Monday when a Chinook helicopter crashed in western Afghanistan during a drug raid on Taliban traders.

Staff Sgt. Keith Bishop, a 1999 graduate of Patchogue-Medford High School, was a member of a Special Operations team working to stem the flow of heroin-producing opium that helps bankroll the anti-U.S. insurgency. He joined...

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