Nicole Gee: A Tribute to the California Marine Who Died in Afghanistan

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Nicole Gee was a California Marine who died in Afghanistan and was remembered as a “Marine’s Marine.” She was recently photographed cradling an infant in Kabul and helping refugees enter an airplane.

She was one of the 13 U.S. Marines and service members who were killed in the attack at the Kabul airport in Aghanistan. You can see a round up of tributes to each of the 13 here.

One of Gee’s most recent posts on Instagram showed her holding the small baby in Afghanistan and read, “I love my job🤘🏼.”

“She had a name. She was doing God’s work…..a warrior,” Capt. Karen Holliday said in a post on her personal Facebook page, according to Stars and Stripes. “Searching Afghan women and children trying to get out of country.”