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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A U.S. soldier who left his family farm in Tennessee to volunteer for the Korean War is finally coming home more than six decades later to be buried next to his mother and father, authorities said on Friday. With the help of DNA samples provided by his siblings in 2004, the U.S. military identified remains recovered in North Korea as Private First Class Glenn Schoenmann, who was 20 when he died in December 1950. Schoenmann was among the nearly 8,000 U.S. troops unaccounted for from the Korean War, which lasted from 1950 until 1953. His remains are...

By DAN ELLIOTT Associated Press DENVER (AP) - A Colorado family's years of waiting ended Tuesday when they finally buried a fallen Marine who had been missing since a helicopter crash during the rescue of an American ship crew seized by Cambodia's Khmer Rouge in 1975. Pfc. James Jacques (HAW'-kas) was laid to rest with full military honors at Fort Logan National Cemetery in Denver on what would have been his 56th birthday. About 50 Vietnam War veterans holding American flags lined a street in the sprawling hilltop cemetery. Doves were released after three volleys were fired into the air.

BIG BEAVER, Pa. (AP) — Police say they're searching for the ex-boyfriend of an exotic dancer who was robbed after the man accosted her after hiding in the back of her sport-utility vehicle. Police in Big Beaver say 29-year-old Larry Shaffer Jr., of New Castle, was hiding in the rear cargo area when the victim left the Club Escape Gentleman's Club about 4:15 a.m. Saturday.

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This is my first time starting a thread so if I make a mistake please forgive me. There arestories of people who have fled Castro's Cuba on threads around here and it may be a good idea to consolidate all these horrors onto one thread. I originally posted this story on this thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1676053/posts?page=12#12 One of my friends told me about fleeing Cuba as Castro was consolidating his power. She remembers that day very well, you see. Her, her mother, her father, her brother, and her two sisters were all literally in line to board a plane for Mexico. As...