3 U.S. Soldiers Drown in S. Korea Training
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SEOUL, South Korea — Three U.S. soldiers drowned while fording a river during a night training exercise north of Seoul, an American military spokesman said Wednesday.
The spokesman identified the three as 2nd Lt. Reginald F. Montgomery of Charleston, S.C., Staff Sgt. James G. Marshall of Springfield, Ore., and Sgt. Donald R. Stewart of East Patch, N.Y. They had been reported missing on Monday.
![San Clemente Island, viewed from a shuttle aircraft that regularly flies military and civilian personnel to the U.S. Navy-owned land mass 68 miles from San Diego. The military airstrip is seen at the northern end. The southern end has the only remaining ship-to-shore bombardment range in the U.S. The Navy has supported an extensive ecological restoration of endangered plants and animals on the island. [For the record, July 24, 2013: An earlier version of this caption incorrectly said the military airstrip was at the southern end of the island, and the bombardment range to the north.]](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/4328c11/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2017x1349+15+0/resize/1024x685!/format/webp/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F27%2F1c%2F485caad18db60fdd718a1f97ed77%2Flat-1479178donbart-la0010504175-20130717)
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