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Medford soldier's body returns to LI

Julie Quappe had never met Staff Sgt. Keith Bishop, who died in Afghanistan last week.

But as Bishop's body arrived at the National Guard base at MacArthur Airport Thursday morning, Quappe and dozens of her co-workers at GE Aviation lined the street in front of their building, a few blocks from the airport, to watch the soldier's procession go by.

"He gave his life for our country,"...

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