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![Full military honors were afforded the reburial of U.S. Army Private Robert J. Herynk on Nov. 20 at St. John’s Catholic Cemetery in Hanover. Military honors were presented by military personnel, American Legion Riders, American Legion Honor Guards and Knights of Columbus Honor Guards. A soldier’s return]()
Full military honors were afforded the reburial of U.S. Army Private Robert J. Herynk on Nov. 20 at St. John’s Catholic Cemetery in Hanover. Military honors were presented by military personnel, American Legion Riders, American Legion Honor Guards and Knights of Columbus Honor Guards. A soldier’s return
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![A flag is presented to Colleen Behrens, Marysville, a great-niece of Herynk. “To have it happen now is wonderful, but I think that it would have been better had one of the generations above us been here to see it, too,” said Behrens of the special ceremony. Photos by TOM PARKER]()
A flag is presented to Colleen Behrens, Marysville, a great-niece of Herynk. “To have it happen now is wonderful, but I think that it would have been better had one of the generations above us been here to see it, too,” said Behrens of the special ceremony. Photos by TOM PARKER
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![Pall bearers, veterans themselves, remove the casket from the hearse to rebury one of their own on American soil.]()
Pall bearers, veterans themselves, remove the casket from the hearse to rebury one of their own on American soil.
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![The motorcade led by Washington County Sheriff Justin Cordry enters St. John’s Catholic Cemetery.]()
The motorcade led by Washington County Sheriff Justin Cordry enters St. John’s Catholic Cemetery.
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![A bugler played taps at the conclusion of the ceremony at Hanover.]()
A bugler played taps at the conclusion of the ceremony at Hanover.
HANOVER – First came the lilting notes of a distant siren, rising and falling in a lulling, rhythmic modulation that seemed organic, as if formed from the air itself, windborn, or from the undulant earth rising and falling in ridge after ridge to an indistinct horizon. Then, more felt than heard, a throaty roar of engines.
A collective ripple of anticipation stirred the crowd clustered around an…
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