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Chris Butler ©Stars and StripesAntwerp, Belgium, October, 1947: A soldier, a sailor and a Marine stand guard in front of a flag-draped coffin in Antwerp's main square during ceremonies marking the departure of the first bodies of Americans killed in World War II to be sent back to the United States.

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