What is the last moment of a soldier's life?

The Daily Mail reported that a few days ago, the US military released Hilda, a war photographer. Clayton's last photo taken before his death. These photos recorded the scene after the mortar barrel exploded, and then Clayton and four Afghan soldiers died on the spot.

On July 2, 213, Afghan soldiers were conducting live-fire drills in Karaga, eastern Afghanistan. This is an image captured by Clayton and Afghan army trainees when a deadly explosion occurred.

Clayton is a war photographer, belonging to the 1st Cavalry Division and the 4th Armored Brigade. She has been deployed to the Gamberi forward base, and the US Army is conducting mortar combat training for Afghan soldiers.

At the time of the incident, 22-year-old Clayton was training an Afghan war photographer to record mortar training. At that time, the mortar tube exploded unexpectedly, and Clayton and the Afghan photographer were in front of the lens of the gun tube, so they left these rare photos of close mortar combat.

Clayton, an Afghan army photographer and three other Afghan soldiers were killed in the accident. This accident marks the first time that a US military media worker has died on the battlefield in Afghanistan.

Clayton is a member of the 55th Information Company in fort meade, Maryland. Her name is engraved in the Heroes Hall of the National Defense Information School. The American National Defense Information School is the cradle for the US military to carry out journalism vocational education and train public affairs officers and military media workers. In memory of her, Clayton's unit was named Hilda in the best combat photography of the year. Clayton named it.

An official of the Army University Press told the media that Clayton's family and her unit agreed to the release of these photos by the Army.