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veteran's memorial. rene is standing by. >> reporter: good morning. we are here at the u.s. marine corps war memorial. we have been here all morning. it's a stunning memorial to see in person. we have seen parents bringing their children here, and we have seen veterans themselves here, just taking a moment, a moment of silence to remember or remember those who have fallen and who have died for our country, and this memorial is right outside of arlington national cemetery, and we spoke to a couple of people today where they were headed from here and headed over to the cemetery for tod...

mentioned, one of the largest sports organizations, nonprofits in the country. this investigation started after two men came forward to espn's outside the lines, saying that they had been sexually abused by dod back in the 1980s when they were teen agers. both now grown men say they decided to come forward because of the sex abuse scandals that we have seen play out at penn state and syracuse universities. now, one of the men decided to speak anonymously to espn and ralph west spoke on camera, claiming that was sexually abused, at least six times, back in the 1980s just listen to wha...

Ensuring that their final resting place is recorded and preserved for those who care to honor them. >> a lot of good people buried here unfortunately are very young. not much older than me. same age as my brother. like at their graves and i think of them. >> in the wake of scandalous revelations that the cemetery manages managed and remains found in the wrong gafs. he began photographing the front and back of each head joan last year. spread sheets and online database to document each grave in section 60. started with head stone number 1. making his way to nearly 9,000 graves. >> hello. i have...

Been under fire for keeping an antiquated record system of the roughly 300,000 men and women laid to rest here. >> we're in the process of modernizing our record keeping. it will make it easier to do sites like ricky's because it's all going to be available on our website. >> reporter: for gilleland, his project took on a deeper meaning as he learned more about one fallen soldier. >> what's special about this head stone in particular is it's the only one around it which has gold lettering. that means he's a meddle of honor winner. he was fighting, someone threw a grenade inside the humvee, he ...

explosions rocked libya's capital city today. a government official says one of the blasts hit a compound in tripoli belonging to leader moammar gadhafi. nato confirmed and bombed a vehicle storage area in a second strike nearby. egypt reopened its border crossing into gaza that opens the door to the outside world for palestinians. officials say hundreds passed through the border town of raffa today. israel worries that terrorists will now ship arms across the border. the egyptian government had supported an israeli blockade imposed back in 2007. president barack obama wants to mak...