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WWII vet with no known family given hero’s sendoff as 1,500 strangers show up
"Nobody should have to go alone, I don't care who you are," one attendee said. This cluster currently includes 2 articles from 2 sources.
This cluster currently includes 2 articles from 2 sources. Sources in this event include Fox News, New York Post.
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WWII vet with no known family given hero’s sendoff as 1,500 strangers show up
See more of our coverage in your search results. A World War II veteran who died with no known family was given a suitably heroic sendoff this week — with around 1,500 strangers showing up to pay their respects at his funeral. When John Bernard Arnold III died on May 6 at age 98 at a nursing home in East Bridgewater.
‘Nobody should go alone’: 1,500 strangers honor WWII veteran with no known family
Crowds waving American flags, a police motorcade and fellow veterans turned out to give Navy veteran John Bernard Arnold III a hero’s sendoff after a public plea for mourners in Hanson, Massachusetts. (Credit: WBZ-TV) The mourners started arriving hours early — veterans in uniform, strangers clutching American flags.