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Brush fire scorches China Camp park

Jun. 23, 2009
A wind-driven fire crackled through dry chaparral in China Camp State Park and threatened several buildings used for employee housing before hand crews, air tankers and a helicopter beat back the flames on Tuesday. Seven-nine firefighters from the San Rafael...
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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