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Bernard Sweet Finally Home After 80 Years | Burlington News
After 80 years, Private First Class Bernard Sweet — Vermont’s first WWII casualty — finally came home. Captured in the Philippines, he died in a POW camp after surviving the Bataan Death March. His remains, buried in a mass grave, were identified last year through groundbreaking DNA testing. His niece called it a shock and a miracle of modern science. The community turned out in force, waving flags as his body was returned to Bennington, fulfilling his mother’s final wish. This isn’t just one story — it’s part of a larger mission to bring every missing soldier home, a promise still being kept…
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