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A decade on, skydiving Navy SEALs honor fallen soldiers

By Emily Leayman

Published June 29, 2015 10:56pm ET

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A decade on, skydiving Navy SEALs honor fallen soldiers — A member of the Navy Seals parachute team lands on the field before a baseball game between at Petco Park in San Diego,Â May 25, 2014. A similar descent took place to honor the fallen Navy SEALS and Army Special Forces in Suffolk on Saturday. (Getty File Photo) | Denis Poroy

With the Afghanistan War receding from the minds of most Americans, Navy SEAL skydivers in Suffolk, Va., ensured that soldiers who died 10 years ago were not forgotten.

An Operation Red Wings event in Suffolk, Va. commemorated the 19 Army Special Forces soldiers and Navy Seals who died in a failed rescue mission and battle in Afghanistan.

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