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Friday, May 08, 2020

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A military casket that once repatriated the body of a fallen soldier to the U.S. from Germany during World War II has been returned to the soldier’s family in Whittier thanks to a Long Beach antique dealer and a good Samaritan with a knack for genealogy.

Pvt. Elio Nila was killed in action in Germany just shy of his 22nd birthday, his great nephew Harold Vaught of Whittier said.
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2 comments:

  1. rickn8orMay 8, 2020 at 11:46 AM

    The guy's heart was in the right place, but WTF was the family supposed to do with the casket?

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  2. Matthew WMay 8, 2020 at 1:47 PM

    Yeah, not sure I'd want that

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