“Several times, I came back to the barracks at 4 o’clock on Monday morning, and he would hook me up with a haircut. He would sometimes wait for me, coming home late from a party or a date, and ask me, ‘What took you so long, I was worried sick!’”

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An interview with Kaipat's family, from 2021, shortly after President Biden announced all US troops would be out of Afghanistan by September 11th, 2021.

The announcement was made on April 14th, just a few days after the anniversary of Kaipat's death.

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