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            <description><![CDATA[Glad he's finally coming home.

&quot;Oh, I'm very happy about it,&quot; she said, &quot;because I'm the only one left, and I've just always wondered, and I'm glad he's finally coming home.&quot;

So said Ensign Robert Till's sister, Jean Alpin, talking to John Rutherford of NBC News.&nbsp; She was telling the story of her brother, upon the return of his remains from the Phillipines, where he died, December 8, 1941.

The Naval Historical Center said that &quot;Ensign Robert Tills died in the fusillade of bullets from the Japanese strafers, the first American naval officer killed in the defense of the Philippines.&quot;&nbsp; His body lay unrecovered in the wreckage of his aircraft in Malalag Bay in the Phillipines until last year.

That story, in juxtaposition to the next one, brought to mind &quot;There, but for the grace of God, go I.&quot;]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 07:08:12 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Comment from Jan Bergey on 2008-12-12</title>
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                <![CDATA[We all have sons/brothers/fathers; years and miles should make no difference in our empathy for these ordinary extraordinary soldiers.They are all of us, and we should remember it daily. And now it's our sisters as well.God bless them all.&nbsp;]]>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:56:55 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Comment from deMontjoie on 2008-12-12</title>
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                <![CDATA[Damn -- got something in my eyes.<br />
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Nice post -- let's all think-upon what we have done with the legacy that these heroes have left to us.<br />
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            <pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 06:14:25 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Comment from AFSister on 2008-12-11</title>
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                Damn cool- both stories.
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            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:27:21 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Comment from Argent on 2008-12-11</title>
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                <![CDATA[Good they found him to bring him home, must be an unusual, stressful and rewarding job to do that.<br />
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Respects to them both.&nbsp; Respects also in recognition of the Unknown Soldier.<br />]]>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:54:42 -0600</pubDate>
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