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Transcript: Marine Explosives Expert Killed In Afghanistan
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- September 10, 2009
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(Soundbite of music) RENEE MONTAGNE, host
NPR Morning Edition
09-10-2009
Marine Explosives Expert Killed In Afghanistan
Time 10:00-11:00 AM
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RENEE MONTAGNE, host:
Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant Adam Benjamin had one of the toughest jobs in the military: bomb disposal. He understood the danger, but loved the job. The Ohio native was killed last month in Afghanistan. Karen Schaefer from member station WKSU in Kent, Ohio, has this remembrance.
KAREN SCHAEFER: Sergeant Adam Benjamin was an explosives expert. He graduated from what fellow Marines say is one of the Corps toughest training programs at Quantico, Virginia. It's there he learned how to dispose of bombs, ...