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At Cronkite funeral, a friend, sailor -- and newsman -- is remembered

latimes.com
Jul. 24, 2009
The anchor's personal adventures are more of a focus than his pioneering career during the service at St. Bartholomew's Church in New York. After a week of being lauded as a journalistic icon, Walter Cronkite was remembered Thursday in more personal terms: as an exuberant sailor and a caring...
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visited in Washington
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Veterans etch the names of their friends inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War on May 26, 2012 in Washington, DC. More than 58,000 names of the servicemen who were killed or missing in the war are engraved on The Wall. UPI/Pat Benic