{"id":1526772,"date":"2026-07-22T08:50:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T13:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?guid=7bf5f1b7f3940fb1df66975879df539b"},"modified":"2026-07-22T17:36:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T22:36:16","slug":"trump-says-he-will-honor-our-heroes-and-attend-dignified-transfer-at-dover-air-force-base-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1526772","title":{"rendered":"Trump says he will &#8216;honor our heroes&#8217; and attend dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/07\/c1212db5e3db8ec5efae091d9e0dc6c2.jpg\" alt\/><figcaption>L-R: 1st Lt Tyler James Feehan, Pvt. Isabella Gonzales and Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, Sgt. Angel Rampersad. (US Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump will travel to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Wednesday to attend a dignified transfer of U.S. service members killed in the war in Iran.<\/p><p>\"Heading to Dover Air Force Base to HONOR OUR HEROES!\" Trump posted to his social media platform Wednesday morning.<\/p><p>Overnight, the Pentagon identified the third person believed to have been killed in action during Friday's Iranian strike on a U.S. base in Jordan as Army Sgt. Angel S. Rampersad, 28, of Ozone Park, New York.<\/p><p>Two other American soldiers died in the Iranian attack on the U.S. base: Pfc. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas, and 1st Lt. Tyler Feehan, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii.<\/p><p><br \/>A fourth soldier. Army Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, 30, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, died Sunday following the controlled detonation of a downed Iranian attack drone at Erbil Air Base in Iraq, the Army said.<\/p><p>Since the U.S. war in Iran began in late February, at least 18 soldiers have been killed and roughly 500 wounded, according to the Department of Defense.<\/p><p>Fighting has intensified after a ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran reached in mid-June broke down. There has now been 11 consecutive nights of strikes.<\/p><p><em>This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.<\/em><\/p><p>Copyright \u00a9 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>L-R: 1st Lt Tyler James Feehan, Pvt. Isabella Gonzales and Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, Sgt. Angel Rampersad. (US Army)(WASHINGTON) &#8212; President Donald Trump will travel to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Wednesday to attend a dignified transfer &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2101,"featured_media":1526773,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2026-07-22\/ARMY_fallensoldiers_072226.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1449],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1526772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abc-political-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-24 18:01:57","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2026-07-22\/ARMY_fallensoldiers_072226.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1526772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2101"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1526772"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1526772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1526783,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1526772\/revisions\/1526783"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1526773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1526772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1526772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1526772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}