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Spc. Hilda I. Clayton 10th Annual Best Com Cam Competition

50th Public Affairs Detachment

May 25, 2023 | 3:05

Staff Sgt. (Retired) Darian George, and Army veteran Chenee Brooks, both speak on the character of Spc. Hilda I. Clayton, a combat photographer, who was killed in action in 2013, during the Spc. Hilda I. Clayton Best Combat Camera Competition at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia, May 25, 2023. Clayton died when a mortar accidentally exploded during an Afghan training exercise. Clayton was the first combat photographer to be killed in Afghanistan. In her honor the 55th Signal Company host an annual competition. The multi-day competition tests the physical, tactical, and technical proficiency of visual information and public affairs specialists across the DOD and participating international competitors. (U.S. Army video by Spc. Duke Edwards)