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When Pat Tillman was killed in Afghanistan on April 22, 2004, the news stunned his fellow Americans. He was one of the most famous soldiers since Elvis Presley and perhaps the most famous American killed in combat since legendary war correspondent Ernie Pyle in World War II.
The story of Tillman's death at age 27 -- and of the aftermath of the tragedy -- revolves around a series of inexplicable command decisions that, even today, confound his family and those who served with him.