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Calverton cemetery, resting place for fallen heroes
Photo credit: Karen Wiles Stabile | Headstone of Francis S. Gabreski at Calverton National Cemetery. (Oct. 29, 2009)
There are more than 214,000 stories in Calverton National Cemetery.
In the same row in one section of the huge cemetery are markers for Lance Cpl. Warren Richardson and Navy Corpsman Joseph Milano, who were killed in the 1983 bombing of the Marines barracks in Beirut.
There's one for former Army Pfc. Luigi Ciulla, an Italian immigrant who served in World War I, and who in his final months...
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