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  • Vietnam-era Green Beret's body home 42 years later (Laotian farmer & missing Zippo lighter)

    05/01/2011 2:51:38 PM PDT · by Libloather · 32 replies
    The Reporter ^ | 4/30/11
    Vietnam-era Green Beret's body home 42 years laterBy the Associated Press Posted: 04/30/2011 01:03:00 AM PDT CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- No one had seen Sgt. 1st Class Donald Shue since he was on a mission in Laos during the Vietnam War in November 1969, so his sister was skeptical when Army officials called a few months ago to say his remains had been found. "I said, 'No you didn't. I don't believe it. It's been 42 years. You don't have any proof of that,' " said his sister, Betty Jones. Then they revealed the clue that identified Shue: a Zippo...