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This image from a video released by the Department of Defense shows U.S. Marines at Abbey Gate before a suicide bomber struck outside Hamid Karzai International Airport on Aug. 26, 2021, in Kabul Afghanistan. The military investigation into the deadly attack during the Afghanistan evacuation has concluded that a suicide bomber, carrying 20 pounds of explosives packed with ball bearings, acted alone, and that the deaths of more than 170 Afghans and 13 U.S. service members were not preventable. (Department of Defense via AP) ** FILE **

Three Marines receive belated awards for their actions during Abbey Gate bombing in Afghanistan

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Alicia Lopez, mother of Marine Corps Cpl. Hunter Lopez, an Abbey Gate Gold Star family member, reaches to touch the photograph of her son, after a House Foreign Affairs Committee roundtable, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023 in Washington. Thirteen U.S. service members were killed, and 45 more wounded, in the terrorist attack at the Hamid Karzai International Airport's Abbey Gate on Aug. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Pentagon upgrades medals for Marines at Abbey Gate in Afghanistan when suicide bomber killed 13

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times