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On Wednesday, three Washington County veterans who served honorably in the U.S. military but whose remains went unclaimed after their deaths, were interred with full honors at the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies. Dozens turned out on a rainy December day to pay their respects to brothers Aubrey and Louis Higginbotham, and Joseph Francis Calhoun. […]
On Wednesday, three Washington County veterans who served honorably in the U.S. military but whose remains went unclaimed after their deaths, were interred with full honors at the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies. Dozens turned out on a rainy December day to pay their respects to brothers Aubrey and Louis Higginbotham, and Joseph Francis Calhoun. […]
“No man left behind” is the phrase that motivated a Washington County man to identify and then provide the proper burial for three service members: a Vietnam veteran and two brothers who served in World War II, one of whom is a Tuskegee Airman.