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WWII Vets To Get Proper Burial Decades Later

(Ralston, NE)  --  Two World War Two veterans from Nebraska are finally getting a proper burial.  The Omaha World-Herald reports Bernard Doyle and Melvin Anderson both grew up in eastern Nebraska and joined the Navy around the same in the early 40's.  Boyle died during the Pearl Harbor attacks in 1941 while Anderson died in a battle in November of 1944.  Both men's remains have just recently been identified from unknown graves at military cemeteries.  They will both have proper burials with their families this weekend.