Behind Every Fallen Soldier, a Family That Hurts

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Last week I spent some time in Dubois County, Ind., interviewing a remarkable family.

In Monday's edition of this newspaper, you can read all about the survivors of Staff Sgt. David Nord, who was 21 years old when he was killed in Vietnam on June 23, 1969. Nord left behind a wife, Louann, whom he'd married just 22 days earlier, and who was pregnant with their first child.

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Behind Every Fallen Soldier, a Family That Hurts

All too often, stories of war, whether expressed in a book or film, tend to focus on the sensational, namely the graphic details of a fallen soldier's final moments. What's often missing is the story of another ki...

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