“Why hasn’t anybody called me or my ex-wife to settle us?” asked Erik Hendriks, the father of the late Cpl. Robert A. Hendriks.
Amid reports of intelligence about possible Russian bounties for Taliban fighters who kill Americans in Afghanistan, the father of a Marine who died in a roadside bomb attack there last year wants answers.
Erik Hendriks’ 25-year-old son, Cpl. Robert A. Hendriks, was among three Marines who were killed in the bomb attack on a convoy outside Bagram Airfield.
Hendriks said he learned about reports of the possible payments to Taliban-linked militants in a call from a reporter Monday. Continue reading.