NFL star Pat Tillman left a $3.6M contract to enlist after 9/11 and was killed in Afghanistan on April 22, 2004. The Army immediately knew it was friendly fire but told his family and the public he died charging enemy positions, awarding him a posthumous Silver Star for valor under 'devastating enemy fire.' Gen. Stanley McChrystal approved the Silver Star despite suspecting friendly fire days earlier. Tillman's uniform and body armor were burned, his weapon and helmet disappeared, and a piece of his brain that fell during the attack vanished. Army attorneys sent congratulatory emails for keeping criminal investigators away. His mother testified to Congress: 'The deception was an insult to the family but more importantly its primary purpose was to deceive a whole nation.'
The military fabricated a heroic combat death story for Pat Tillman when they knew he was killed by friendly fire
“Pat Tillman was killed by his own troops and the entire military establishment — from field officers to the Pentagon — conspired to hide the truth and use his death as propaganda.”
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“Corporal Tillman was killed in action while leading his team during an enemy ambush. He displayed exceptional courage under devastating enemy fire.”
— US Army Public Affairs · Apr 2004
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“Corporal Tillman was killed in action while leading his team during an enemy ambush. He displayed exceptional courage under devastating enemy fire.”
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