Soldier dies after bear attack in Alaska training area

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Soldier dies after bear attack in Alaska training area
By The Associated Press
May 11, 07:48 AM
A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter flies in Snowhawk Valley near Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. (Spc. Michael Risinger/Army)

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A U.S. Army soldier died of injuries sustained in a bear attack Tuesday in Alaska.

The soldier was part of a small group in a training area west of the Anchorage Regional Landfill when the bear attacked.

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