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Not the Randall Jarrell poem. And yet.
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette:
Body brought to Arkansas in suitcase identified as N.Y. vet of World War II
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CBS News, pictures:
89-year-old man found in suitcase in Ark. field ID'ed as WWII vet
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette:
Body brought to Arkansas in suitcase identified as N.Y. vet of World War II
Police identified the body of a man stuffed in a suitcase, driven from New York by his caregivers and left in a Prairie County field earlier this month as that of a World War II veteran from New York.
Robert Brooks, 89, of Johnstown, N.Y., died of natural causes at his home in March, Lt. David Gilbo of the Johnstown Police Department said.
"He was a war hero who could have been buried at the [Arlington] National Cemetery," Gilbo said. "Instead, he ends up in a suitcase dumped in a field in Arkansas."
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Authorities found family members of Brooks in North Carolina and learned Brooks served in the military and was a gunner in a B-17 bomber's ball turret.
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much more at the links
CBS News, pictures:
89-year-old man found in suitcase in Ark. field ID'ed as WWII vet