Widow says Pentagon fixed combat pay for airman killed in Iraq after viral post

The widow of an airman killed on a combat mission in the Middle East said a military officer told her he was ineligible for benefits because “we were not at war.”

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The widow of an airman killed on a combat mission in the Middle East said a military officer told her he was ineligible for benefits because “we were not at war.”

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