pat+tillman+history

media type="youtube" key="kBM2hiXRZA0" width="425" height="350" align="right"next What happened next was an effort by the government to suppress the circumstances of Tillman's death. Within hours, certainly, and probably less, the Ranger regiment — officers, high-ranking officers back in the States — were conspiring to cover this up," Krakauer says. A recommendation to award Tillman with a Silver Star medal, one of the U.S. military's highest honors, immediately began moving through the Army ranks — something that is not done for deaths by friendly fire, Krakauer says. And, says Krakauer, "when a soldier is killed in combat, you should put his uniform, his weapon, everything — anything that can be considered forensic evidence should be sent back to the States with the body, so the medical examiners could determine the cause of death. In the case of Tillman, none of that happened." next media type="youtube" key="Y-EwReGl88o" width="425" height="350"