Hilda Clayton, a combat photographer in the U.S. Army, was documenting a live-fire exercise in Afghanistan when, without warning, a mortar tube accidentally exploded in front of her. Clayton, 22, was killed in the blast, along with an Afghan military photographer she was training and three Afghan National Army soldiers. On Monday, the Army published the images in its May-June issue of the Military Review, the Army’s professional journal. “The story was not in the fighting but in the partnership that was necessary between U.S. and Afghan forces to stabilize the Afghan nation,” Military Review wrote. Combat Camera honored Clayton by naming its annual best combat photography competition after her.

Source: thestar May 03, 2017 17:03 UTC