Capt. Jennifer Harris, from the North Shore town of Swampscott, MA was piloting the CH-46 helicopter that crashed north of Bagdad last week, and taking a total of 7 American lives.
Her parents remember her as a girl that always wanted to fly. She graduated from Swampscott High School and then went on the Naval Academy where she learned how to do exactly that.
She is the first female from Massachusetts to be lost in Iraq.
Her family and neighbors are reeling from the news as she was supposed to come home this week, after 3 tours of duty.
It's a great loss to the North Shore, to Mass, to the Marines, and to this country. May she fly amongst the clouds of paradise. :asian:
Her parents remember her as a girl that always wanted to fly. She graduated from Swampscott High School and then went on the Naval Academy where she learned how to do exactly that.
She is the first female from Massachusetts to be lost in Iraq.
Her family and neighbors are reeling from the news as she was supposed to come home this week, after 3 tours of duty.
It's a great loss to the North Shore, to Mass, to the Marines, and to this country. May she fly amongst the clouds of paradise. :asian:
