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. Bill Darley, managing editor of Military Review, told Time that the photos were brought to the journal’s attention by a staff member who served with her.

Source: National Post May 03, 2017 17:48 UTC