angel
n.— «Within an hour, the two Marines, along with an Iraqi Civil Defense Corps soldier who broke his arms and a leg when his truck crashed and rolled over on a local road, were flown by helicopter to the Army’s 31st Combat Surgical Hospital in Baghdad. On that medevac flight also went an “angel,” a Marine who was killed in action that day.» —“Saving lives; Steady hands and body armor help in the field” by Gidget Fuentes in Camp Fallujah, Iraq Navy Times May 10, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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