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TEMPE, Ariz. -- Football uses war metaphors all the time. But Pat Tillman left the game behind for the real thing, and he paid with his life.
The Arizona Cardinal player who walked away from a multimillion- dollar NFL career to join the Army was killed Thursday night in a firefight while on combat patrol in Afghanistan, U.S. officials said.See the full content of this document
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Ex-Nfl Player Killed in Combat
A specialist with the elite Army Rangers, he was 27. Tillman was based at Fort Lewis, part of the 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment.
The fighting took place 25 miles southwest of a U.S. mil...See the full content of this document
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