It was two years ago on Dec. 21 when a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter carrying three soldiers from Fort Lewis crashed on Mount Peak during a night training exercise in preparation for deployment to Iraq. A small group of Enumclaw residents gathered Dec. 23 to place a wreath near the crash site in honor of those soldiers who died that night. Inclement weather postponed the original outing. Enumclaw Chamber of Commerce members also plan to send a card and photographs taken from the ceremony to the soldiers’ families. Earlier in the year, a permanent memorial was also erected to honor Chief Warrant Officer James Whitehead, Chief Warrant Officer Patrick Paige and Sgt. Thomas Clarkston at the city of Enumclaw’s Veterans Memorial Park. - Photo courtesy Enumclaw Chamber of Commerce
Photo courtesy Enumclaw Chamber of Commerce
It was two years ago on Dec. 21 when a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter carrying three soldiers from Fort Lewis crashed on Mount Peak during a night training exercise in preparation for deployment to Iraq. A small group of Enumclaw residents gathered Dec. 23 to place a wreath near the crash site in honor of those soldiers who died that night. Inclement weather postponed the original outing. Enumclaw Chamber of Commerce members also plan to send a card and photographs taken from the ceremony to the soldiers’ families. Earlier in the year, a permanent memorial was also erected to honor Chief Warrant Officer James Whitehead, Chief Warrant Officer Patrick Paige and Sgt. Thomas Clarkston at the city of Enumclaw’s Veterans Memorial Park.

Remembering


December 29, 2008 · Updated 7:59 PM 

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