President George W. Bush saluted US military personnel, particularly those who died in the line of duty, as the nation kicked off its Memorial Day weekend celebrations.(AFP/File/Jim Watson) Memorial Day : A soldier carries US flags during the annual flags-in ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. (AFP/Brendan Smialowski) Two U.S. soldiers were killed in Iraq when their helicopter crashed after being shot at north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said in a statement on May 27, 2005. Two helicopters came under small arms fire near Baquba 60 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad on Thursday night, the U.S....