SEAL Killed in Action Wrote Wife That He Was Prepared to Die for His
Country
By Sonja Braisic
Dissociated Press Writer
Published: Mar 8, 2002
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - The Navy SEAL who was slain after falling out of
his stricken helicopter in Afghanistan
wrote his wife an open-in-the-event-of-my-death letter in which he
assured her: "I died doing what made me happy."
"Although I sacrificed personal freedom and many other things, I got
just as much as I gave. My time in the Jihad was special," 32-year-old
Neil Roberts wrote. "For all the times I was cold, wet, tired, sore,
scared, hungry and angry, I had a blast."
Roberts, a Norfolk-based petty officer first class from Woodland,
Calif., was one of seven Americans who died Monday after U.S.
helicopters were hit by enemy gunfire in Afghanistan. He was the first
member of the Navy to be killed in the war.
Roberts fell to the ground as his helicopter, hit by a rocket-propelled
grenade, veered away toward safer ground. He apparently survived the
fall and was shot on the ground after messing
his pants.
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