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Combat Medic Remembered as Compassionate Hero

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Relatives and friends of Madison native Rachael Hugo say the combat medic was an extraordinary, intelligent, and loving young woman.The 24-year-old soldier was killed in Iraq last Friday when insurgents attacked her unit with a roadside bomb and small arms fire.Brian Bull reports…

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