New Mexico couple reflect on daughter who died in Afghanistan
March 25, 2020 Robert Nott - The Santa Fe New Mexican
Richard and Cindy Long were watching television at their home in the village of Adelino on a Sunday night in March 2003 when they heard a knock at the door.
Two male U.S. Air Force officers in full dress uniform and a female Air Force chaplain were on the porch.
“When you see that, you know,†Long said.
Earlier that day, the Valencia County couple had seen television news reports about a noncombat helicopter crash in Afghanistan that killed some military personnel. But they didn’t want to believe their daughter, Tamara “Tammy†Long-Archuleta, an Air Force lieutenant who flew helicopter rescue missions in Afghanistan, could be involved.
She was.
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