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Family Grieving 98-Year-Old Veteran Sues After Learning Other Remains Buried in His Plot

An airman places an American flag in front of a headstone in the base cemetery during the “Flags In” ceremony on F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming.

The wife of a U.S. Army veteran who served in World War II believes he is buried in a cemetery plot they purchased decades ago in the Massachusetts city they grew up in — as he wished, according to her family’s attorney. But he’s not, a lawsuit filed by the family says. Before William Z. […]

A 98-Year-Old War Veteran's Liver Was Donated. He Is Believed to Be the Oldest American Organ Donor Ever.

Orville Allen of Poplar Bluff, Mo., hugging his great-grandson

ST. LOUIS — Orville Allen lived a lifetime of service, and when he died at age 98 he had one last thing to give: his liver. Allen, a veteran of both World War II and the Korean War and a longtime educator in rural southeastern Missouri, is the oldest American to ever donate an organ, […]