Trump Attends Dignified Transfer of Fallen US National Guardsmen
President Donald Trump salutes as a US Army carry team moves a flagged-draped transfer case containing the remains of Iowa National Guardsman Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware on Dec. 17.
Photographer: Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump paid tribute to two US soldiers and an interpreter killed in an ambush in Syria as their remains were returned Wednesday to Delaware’s Dover Air Force Base.
Trump took part in the solemn event — known as a dignified transfer — meant to honor the fallen service members days after they were killed by a gunman the Defense Department has linked to ISIS. Beforehand, Trump met privately with family members of the fallen, according to the White House.