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|
(NECN:
Greg
Wayland)
-
...The
enemy
was
triumphant.
And
Sgt.
Billy
Lynch
disappeared....
A
May,
1943
telegram
from
the
Marine
commandant
declared
Billy
Lynch
missing
and
possibly
a
prisoner
of
war.
.....If
you
would
like
to
learn
more
about
the
search
effort,
or
to
make
a
donation
visit www.mooresmarauders.org.
|
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|
World
War
II
airman
returns
home
after
65
years
April
28,
2009
-
9:39PM
LIMA
-
The
black
and
white
photos
of
Earl
E.
Yoh
are
all
Nikki
Abbott
has
ever
known
of
her
great-uncle.
But
family
stories
painted
in
the
picture
of
a
man
who
left
to
serve
his
country
20
years
before
the
45-year-old
Spencerville
resident
was
born.
Sixty-five
years
later,
the
story
will
finally
come
to
a
close.
Earl
Yoh
is
coming
home......
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|
http://www.ksdk.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=173307
04/25/09
Nearly
60
years
after
being
captured,
POW
buried
with
honor
Posted
By:
Kevin
Held
Date
last
updated:
4/22/2009
7:54:30
PM
Nearly
six
decades
after
he
went
missing,
a
Korean
War
Veteran
has
been
laid
to
rest
with
full
military
honors
at
Jefferson
Barracks
National
Cemetery.
By
Ryan
Dean
KSDK
--
Nearly
six
decades
after
he
went
missing,
a
Korean
War
Veteran
has
been
laid
to
rest
with
full
military
honors
at
Jefferson
Barracks
National
Cemetery.
Private
First
Class
David
Woodruff
of
Poplar
Bluff
was
captured
and
made
a
prisoner
during
the
Korean
War.
He
was
missing
for
58
years
until
last
month,
when
Woodruff's
family
was
told
DNA
matched
human
remains
returned
by
North
Korea
in
the
early
90's.
Locals
were
finally
given
a
chance
to
say
goodbye
to
a
true
American
hero......
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|
Soldiers
Missing
In
Action
From
The
Korean
War
Are
Identified
The
Department
of
Defense
POW/Missing
Personnel
Office
announced
today
that
the
remains
of
four
U.S.
servicemen,
missing
in
action
from
the
Korean
War,
have
been
identified
and
will
be
returned
to
their
families
for
burial
with
full
military
honors.
They
are
Cpl.
Samuel
C.
Harris
Jr.,
of
Rogersville,
Tenn;
Cpl.
Lloyd
D.
Stidham,
of
Beattyville,
Ky.;
Cpl.
Robert
G.
Schoening,
of
Blaine,
Wash;
and
one
serviceman
whose
name
is
being
withheld
pending
a
briefing
to
his
family.
All
men
were
U.S.
Army.
Harris
will
be
buried
April
10
in
Arlington
National
Cemetery
near
Washington,
D.C.,
Stidham
will
be
buried
April
13
in
Nicholasville,
Ky.,
and
Schoening
will
be
buried
June
19
in
Arlington.
Representatives
from
the
Army's
Mortuary
Office
met
with
these
servicemembers'
next-of-kin
to
explain
the
recovery
and
identification
process
and
to
coordinate
interment
with
military
honors
on
behalf
of
the
secretary
of
the
Army.
These
soldiers
were
assigned
to
Company
C,
65th
Combat
Engineer
Battalion,
25th
Infantry
Division.
On
Nov.
25,
1950,
Company
C
came
under
intense
enemy
attack
when
it
was
occupying
a
position
near
Hill
222
situated
south
of
the
Kuryong
River
east
of
the
"Camel's
Head"
bend,
North
Korea.
The
men
were
reported
missing
in
action
on
Nov.
27.
In
2000,
a
joint
U.S./Democratic
People's
Republic
of
Korea
team,
led
by
the
Joint
POW/MIA
Accounting
Command
(JPAC),
excavated
a
site
overlooking
the
Kuryong
River
in
P'yongan-Pukto
Province
where
U.S.
soldiers
were
believed
to
be
buried.
The
team
recovered
human
remains
and
non-biological
evidence.
One
soldier
who
was
also
recovered
there
with
this
group,
1st
Lt.
Dixie
Parker,
was
previously
identified
and
buried
in
December
2007
in
Arlington.
Among
other
forensic
identification
tools
and
circumstantial
evidence,
scientists
from
JPAC
and
the
Armed
Forces
DNA
Identification
Laboratory
also
used
mitochondrial
DNA
and
dental
comparisons
in
the
identification
of
these
soldiers'
remains.
Remains
that
could
not
be
individually
identified
will
be
buried
as
a
group
in
Arlington
on
a
date
to
be
determined.
|
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|
IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
No.
249-09
April
16,
2009
Soldier
Missing
In
Action
From
Korean
War
Is
Identified
The
Department
of
Defense
POW/Missing
Personnel
Office
announced
today
that
the
remains
of
a
U.S.
serviceman,
missing
in
action
from
the
Korean
War,
have
been
identified
and
will
be
returned
to
his
family
for
burial
with
full
military
honors.
He
is
Pfc.
David
Woodruff,
U.S.
Army,
of
Poplar
Bluff,
Mo.
He
will
be
buried
on
April
22
in
St.
Louis,
Mo.
Representatives
from
the
Army's
Mortuary
Office
met
with
Woodruff's
next-of-kin
to
explain
the
recovery
and
identification
process
on
behalf
of
the
Secretary
of
the
Army.
Woodruff
was
assigned
to
Company
K,
3rd
Battalion,
9th
Regiment,
2nd
Infantry
Division.
In
early
1951,
the
2nd
ID
was
augmented
by
Republic
of
Korea
(R.O.K.)
forces
and
was
occupying
positions
near
Hoengsong,
South
Korea.
On
Feb.
11,
the
Chinese
Army
launched
a
massive
attack
on
the
U.S.
line,
overwhelming
R.O.K.
forces
and
exposing
the
American
flank.
The
2nd
ID
was
forced
to
withdraw
to
the
south
and
Woodruff
was
captured
by
enemy
forces.
He
died
in,
or
near,
one
of
the
North
Korean
prison
camps
in
Suan
County,
North
Hwanghae
Province.
Between
1991-94,
North
Korea
turned
over
to
the
United
States
208
boxes
of
remains
believed
to
contain
the
remains
of
200-400
U.S.
servicemen.
One
box
turned
over
in
1991
contained
Woodruff's
military
identification
tag,
and
a
box
turned
over
in
1992
contained
remains
recovered
from
Suan
County.
Among
other
forensic
identification
tools
and
circumstantial
evidence,
scientists
from
JPAC
and
the
Armed
Forces
DNA
Identification
Laboratory
also
used
mitochondrial
DNA
and
dental
comparisons
in
the
identification
of
the
remains
turned
over
in
1992.
For
additional
information
on
the
Defense
Department's
mission
to
account
for
missing
Americans,
visit
the
DPMO
Web
site
at
http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo
or
call
(703)
699-1169.
|
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|
Missing
WWII
airman
identified
as
Lamesa
native
April
14,
2009
03:31
PM
CDT
LUBBOCK,
TEXAS
(KCBD)
-
The
Department
of
Defense
POW/Missing
Personnel
Office
(DPMO)
announced
Tuesday
that
the
remains
of
a
U.S.
serviceman,
missing
in
action
from
World
War
II,
have
been
identified
and
will
be
returned
to
his
family
for
burial
with
full
military
honors.
He
is
Staff
Sgt.
Jimmie
Doyle,
U.S.
Army
Air
Forces,
of
Lamesa,
Texas.
He
will
be
buried
April
25
in
Lamesa......
For
additional
information
on
the
Defense
Department's
mission
to
account
for
missing
Americans,
(click
here)
or
call
(703)
699-1420.
|
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|
Korean
War
casualty
from
Ky.
is
finally
buried
LEXINGTON,
Ky.
(AP)
—
A
young
solder
who
went
missing
in
action
nearly
60
years
ago
in
the
Korean
War
has
been
laid
to
rest
in
his
native
Kentucky
after
the
military
identified
his
remains.
Attended
by
relatives
he
never
knew,
Army
Cpl.
Lloyd
Dale
Stidham
was
buried
Monday
with
military
honors
at
Camp
Nelson
National
Cemetery.
His
funeral
service
was
held
earlier
that
day
in
Lexington.......
Information
from:
Lexington
Herald-Leader,
http://www.kentucky.com
|
==================================
|
‘Pop’
comes
home
April
4,
2009
-
12:28AM
Obie
Wickersham
of
Yuba
City
often
talks
about
a
fellow
soldier
he
helped
bury
in
an
unmarked
grave
somewhere
in
North
Korea
in
1951.
As
prisoners
of
war
captured
by
the
Chinese
army,
the
two
infantrymen
had
been
victims
of
disease,
malnutrition
and
beatings.
Army
Sgt.
1st
Class
Patrick
"Pop"
James
Arthur
often
is
mentioned
in
Wickersham's
speeches
to
cadets
at
Beale
Air
Force
Base
and
at
the
Air
Force
Academy
in
Colorado
Springs,
Colo.,
"because
it's
about
how
he
didn't'
make
it."......
Contact
Appeal-Democrat
reporter
Leticia
Gutierrez
at
749-4722
or
at
lgutierrez@appealdemocrat.com
|
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|
Sunday,
April
5,
2009
Last
updated
10:43
p.m.
PT
Soldier's
body
identified
after
half
a
century
Korea
vet
destined
for
burial
in
Arlington
By
VANESSA
HO
SEATTLEPI.COM
STAFF
Robert
Schoening
was
a
skinny
17-year-old
from
a
dairy
farm
in
Blaine
when
he
lied
about
his
age
and
joined
the
army.
He
went
to
Korea,
where
his
company
came
under
intense
enemy
attack,
and
Schoening
was
listed
missing
in
action
on
Nov.
27,
1950.
Nearly
60
years
later,
the
U.S.
Department
of
Defense
announced
last
week
that
it
had
identified
Schoening's
remains.
He
will
be
buried
in
June
at
Arlington
National
Cemetery
near
Washington,
D.C.,
with
full
military
honors......
|
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|
Remains
of
Kentucky
soldier
in
Korean
War
identified
Man
to
be
buried
April
13
in
Camp
Nelson
National
Cemetery
By
James
R.
Carroll
•
jcarroll@courier-journal.com
•
April
4,
2009
WASHINGTON
--
Lloyd
Stidham
lied
about
his
age
to
get
into
the
Army.
His
family
believes
the
young
man
from
Beattyville,
Ky.,
signed
up
in
1949
when
he
was
17,
though
he
told
the
Army
he
was
19.
The
next
year
the
Korean
War
broke
out,
and
Stidham
became
a
corporal
in
Company
C,
65th
Combat
Engineer
Battalion,
25th
Infantry
Division......
|
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|
IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
No.
216-09
April
03,
2009
Soldiers
Missing
In
Action
From
The
Korean
War
Are
Identified
The
Department
of
Defense
POW/Missing
Personnel
Office
announced
today
that
the
remains
of
four
U.S.
servicemen,
missing
in
action
from
the
Korean
War,
have
been
identified
and
will
be
returned
to
their
families
for
burial
with
full
military
honors.
They
are
Cpl.
Samuel
C.
Harris
Jr.,
of
Rogersville,
Tenn;
Cpl.
Lloyd
D.
Stidham,
of
Beattyville,
Ky.;
Cpl.
Robert
G.
Schoening,
of
Blaine,
Wash;
and
one
serviceman
whose
name
is
being
withheld
pending
a
briefing
to
his
family.
All
men
were
U.S.
Army.
Harris
will
be
buried
April
10
in
Arlington
National
Cemetery
near
Washington,
D.C.,
Stidham
will
be
buried
April
13
in
Nicholasville,
Ky.,
and
Schoening
will
be
buried
June
19
in
Arlington.
Representatives
from
the
Army's
Mortuary
Office
met
with
these
servicemembers'
next-of-kin
to
explain
the
recovery
and
identification
process
and
to
coordinate
interment
with
military
honors
on
behalf
of
the
secretary
of
the
Army.
These
soldiers
were
assigned
to
Company
C,
65th
Combat
Engineer
Battalion,
25th
Infantry
Division.
On
Nov.
25,
1950,
Company
C
came
under
intense
enemy
attack
when
it
was
occupying
a
position
near
Hill
222
situated
south
of
the
Kuryong
River
east
of
the
"Camel's
Head"
bend,
North
Korea.
The
men
were
reported
missing
in
action
on
Nov.
27.
In
2000,
a
joint
U.S./Democratic
People's
Republic
of
Korea
team,
led
by
the
Joint
POW/MIA
Accounting
Command
(JPAC),
excavated
a
site
overlooking
the
Kuryong
River
in
P'yongan-Pukto
Province
where
U.S.
soldiers
were
believed
to
be
buried.
The
team
recovered
human
remains
and
non-biological
evidence.
One
soldier
who
was
also
recovered
there
with
this
group,
1st
Lt.
Dixie
Parker,
was
previously
identified
and
buried
in
December
2007
in
Arlington.
Among
other
forensic
identification
tools
and
circumstantial
evidence,
scientists
from
JPAC
and
the
Armed
Forces
DNA
Identification
Laboratory
also
used
mitochondrial
DNA
and
dental
comparisons
in
the
identification
of
these
soldiers'
remains.
Remains
that
could
not
be
individually
identified
will
be
buried
as
a
group
in
Arlington
on
a
date
to
be
determined.
|
============================
|
Feb. 17, 2009
SOLDIER MISSING IN ACTION FROM THE KOREAN WAR IS IDENTIFIED
The
Department
of
Defense
POW/Missing
Personnel
Office
(DPMO)
announced
today
that
the
remains
of
a
U.S.
serviceman,
missing
in
action
from
the
Korean
War,
have
been
identified
and
will
be
returned
to
his
family
for
burial
with
full
military
honors.
He
is
Sgt.
Stanley
E.
Baylor,
U.S.
Army,
of
Webster
,
N.Y.
His
funeral
will
be
held
on
Aug.
1
in
Warsaw
,
N.Y.
Representatives
from
the
Army’s
Mortuary
Office
met
with
Baylor’s
next-of-kin
to
explain
the
recovery
and
identification
process,
and
to
coordinate
interment
with
military
honors
on
behalf
of
the
Secretary
of
the
Army.
Baylor
was
assigned
to
Company
L,
3rd
Battalion,
8th
Cavalry
Regiment,
1st
Cavalry
Division.
On
Nov.
1,
1950,
the
8th
Cavalry
was
occupying
a
defensive
position
near
Unsan,
North
Korea
in
an
area
known
as
the
“Camel’s
Head,”
when
elements
of
two
Chinese
Communist
Forces
divisions
struck
the
1st
Cavalry
Division’s
lines,
collapsing
the
perimeter
and
forcing
a
withdrawal.
The
3rd
Battalion
was
surrounded
and
effectively
ceased
to
exist
as
a
fighting
unit.
Baylor
was
reported
missing
on
Nov.
2,
1950
and
was
one
of
the
more
than
350
servicemen
unaccounted-for
from
the
battle
at
Unsan.
Between
1991-94,
North
Korea
gave
the
U.S.
208
boxes
of
remains
believed
to
contain
the
remains
of
200-400
U.S.
servicemen.
Accompanying
North
Korean
documents
indicated
that
some
of
the
remains
were
exhumed
near
Chonsung-Ri,
Unsan
County
.
This
location
correlates
with
Baylor’s
last
known
location.
Among other
forensic
identification
tools
and
circumstantial
evidence,
scientists
from
the
Joint
POW/MIA
Accounting
Command
and
the
Armed
Forces
DNA
Identification
Laboratory
also
used
mitochondrial
DNA
and
dental
comparisons
in
the
identification
of
Baylor’s
remains,
which
were
turned
over
in
1993.
For
additional
information
on
the
Defense
Department’s
mission
to
account
for
missing
Americans,
visit
the
DPMO
web
site
at
http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo
or
call
(703)
699-1169.
|
==============================
|
Crescent-News.com
Remains
of
area
veteran
to
come
home
Jared
Orzolek
January
19,
2009
By
JARED
ORZOLEK
orzolek@crescent-news.com
MONTPELIER
--
The
body
of
a
Montpelier
man
who
died
in
a
Korean
prisoner
of
war
camp
in
1950
will
be
returned
to
the
United
States
for
burial.
The
remains
of
Private
First
Class
Paul
Tingle,
who
went
missing
in
action
Nov.
26,
1950,
have
been
found
in
North
Korea,
according
to
Tingle's
niece,
Connie
Gilbert
of
Montpelier......
|
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|
IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
No.
052-09
January
23,
2009
Missing
WWII
Soldiers
are
Identified
The
Department
of
Defense
POW/Missing
Personnel
Office
(DPMO)
announced
today
that
the
remains
of
two
U.S.
servicemen,
missing
from
World
War
II,
have
been
identified
and
will
be
returned
to
their
families
for
burial
with
full
military
honors.
They
are
Pfc.
Julian
H.
Rogers,
of
Bloomington,
Ind,
and
Pvt.
Henry
E.
Marquez,
of
Kansas
City,
Kan.
Both
men
were
U.S.
Army.
Rogers
will
be
buried
in
the
spring
in
Arlington
National
Cemetery
near
Washington,
D.C.,
and
Marquez
will
be
buried
on
May
30
in
Kansas
City,
Mo.
Representatives
from
the
Army's
Mortuary
Office
met
with
the
next-of-kin
of
these
men
in
their
hometowns
to
explain
the
recovery
and
identification
process
and
to
coordinate
interment
with
military
honors
on
behalf
of
the
Secretary
of
the
Army.
In
November
1944,
the
112th
Infantry
Regiment,
28th
Infantry
Division,
was
attacking
east
through
the
Hürtgen
Forest
in
an
attempt
to
capture
the
German
towns
of
Vossenack
and
Schmidt.
On
Nov.
4,
the
Germans
counterattacked
in
what
would
become
one
of
the
longest
running
battles
in
U.S.
history.
Rogers
and
Marquez,
both
members
of
G
Company,
112th
Infantry
Regiment,
were
reported
killed
in
action
near
Vossenack
on
Nov.
4.
Their
bodies
were
not
recovered.
In
2007,
a
German
citizen
searching
for
wartime
relics
in
the
Hürtgen
Forest
uncovered
human
remains
and
military
identification
tags
for
Rogers
and
Marquez.
He
notified
U.S.
officials
and
a
Joint
POW/MIA
Accounting
Command
(JPAC)
team
excavated
the
site
later
that
year.
The
team
recovered
human
remains
and
non-biological
material.
Among
dental
records,
other
forensic
identification
tools
and
circumstantial
evidence,
scientists
from
JPAC
and
the
Armed
Forces
DNA
Identification
Laboratory
also
used
mitochondrial
DNA
in
the
identification
of
the
remains.
For
additional
information
on
the
Defense
Department's
mission
to
account
for
missing
Americans,
visit
the
DPMO
Web
site
at
http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo
or
call
(703)
699-1420.
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IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
No.
021-09
January
12,
2009
Soldier
Missing
in
Action
From
Korean
War
is
Identified
The
Department
of
Defense
POW/Missing
Personnel
Office
announced
today
that
the
remains
of
a
U.S.
serviceman,
missing
in
action
from
the
Korean
War,
have
been
identified
and
will
be
returned
to
his
family
for
burial
with
full
military
honors.
He
is
Sgt.
Dougall
H.
Espey
Jr.,
U.S.
Army,
of
Mount
Laurel,
N.J.
He
will
be
buried
April
3
in
Elmira,
N.Y.
Representatives
from
the
Army's
Mortuary
Office
met
with
Espey's
next-of-kin
to
explain
the
recovery
and
identification
process
on
behalf
of
the
secretary
of
the
Army.
Espey
was
assigned
to
Company
L,
3rd
Battalion,
8th
Cavalry
Regiment,
1st
Cavalry
Division.
On
Nov.
1,
1950,
the
8th
Cavalry
was
occupying
a
defensive
position
near
Unsan,
North
Korea,
in
an
area
known
as
the
"Camel's
Head,"
when
elements
of
two
Chinese
Communist
Forces
divisions
struck
the
1st
Cavalry
Division's
lines,
collapsing
the
perimeter
and
forcing
a
withdrawal.
The
3rd
Battalion
was
surrounded
and
effectively
ceased
to
exist
as
a
fighting
unit.
Espey
was
one
of
the
more
than
350
servicemen
unaccounted-for
from
the
battle
at
Unsan.
Between
1991-94,
North
Korea
turned
over
to
the
U.S.
208
boxes
of
remains
believed
to
contain
the
remains
of
200-400
U.S.
servicemen.
North
Korean
documents
turned
over
with
several
boxes
in
1993
indicated
that
the
remains
from
those
boxes
were
exhumed
near
Chonsung-Ri,
Unsan
County.
This
location
correlates
with
Espey's
last
known
location.
Among
other
forensic
identification
tools
and
circumstantial
evidence,
scientists
from
the
Joint
POW/MIA
Accounting
Command
and
the
Armed
Forces
DNA
Identification
Laboratory
also
used
mitochondrial
DNA
and
dental
comparisons
in
the
identification
of
the
remains.
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IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
No.
021-09
January
12,
2009
Soldier
Missing
in
Action
From
Korean
War
is
Identified
The
Department
of
Defense
POW/Missing
Personnel
Office
announced
today
that
the
remains
of
a
U.S.
serviceman,
missing
in
action
from
the
Korean
War,
have
been
identified
and
will
be
returned
to
his
family
for
burial
with
full
military
honors.
He
is
Master
Sgt.
Cirildo
Valencio,
U.S.
Army,
of
Carrizo
Springs,
Texas.
He
will
be
buried
on
Aug.
4
in
Arlington
National
Cemetery
near
Washington,
D.C.
Representatives
from
the
Army
met
with
Valencio's
next-of-kin
to
explain
the
recovery
and
identification
process
on
behalf
of
the
Secretary
of
the
Army.
Valencio
was
assigned
to
Company
L,
3rd
Battalion,
8th
Cavalry
Regiment,
1st
Cavalry
Division
then
occupying
a
defensive
position
near
Unsan,
North
Korea
in
an
area
known
as
the
"Camel's
Head."
On
Nov.
1,
1950,
parts
of
two
Chinese
Communist
Forces
divisions
struck
the
1st
Cavalry
Division's
lines,
collapsing
the
perimeter
and
forcing
a
withdrawal.
In
the
process,
the
3rd
Battalion
was
surrounded
and
effectively
ceased
to
exist
as
a
fighting
unit.
Valencio
was
one
of
the
more
than
350
servicemen
unaccounted-for
from
the
battle
at
Unsan.
In
2002,
a
joint
U.S.-Democratic
People's
Republic
of
Korea
team,
led
by
the
Joint
POW/MIA
Accounting
Command
(JPAC),
excavated
a
burial
site
south
of
Unsan
near
the
nose
of
the
"Camel's
Head"
formed
by
the
joining
of
the
Nammyon
and
Kuryong
rivers.
The
team
recovered
human
remains.
Among
other
forensic
identification
tools
and
circumstantial
evidence,
scientists
from
JPAC
and
the
Armed
Forces
DNA
Identification
Laboratory
also
used
mitochondrial
DNA
and
dental
comparisons
in
the
identification
of
the
remains.
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A
final
farewell,
a
new
beginning
Jan.
1:
A
Cleveland
woman
waits
six
decades
to
discover
how
her
husband
died
in
WWII.
NBC's
Bob
Dotson
reports.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/28461083#28461083
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