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hoosieroriginal
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Funeral for a marine vet

‎11-17-2015 06:22 PM

Over 1000 people showed up at a funeral in Indianapolis today for a marine vet that died in a nursing home with no known family, people who had never met him.  I just think that speaks highly that there are really kind people in this world. 

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Kachina624
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Re: Funeral for a marine vet

‎11-17-2015 06:40 PM

I wonder how many people cared enough to visit him while he was alive?

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sktchy
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Re: Funeral for a marine vet

‎11-17-2015 07:23 PM

Someone knew the man and passed along the information of his passing.  If people just heard about this Vet and just showed up out of respect that speaks volumes.

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hoosieroriginal
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Re: Funeral for a marine vet

‎11-17-2015 09:44 PM

@sktchy wrote:

Someone knew the man and passed along the information of his passing.  If people just heard about this Vet and just showed up out of respect that speaks volumes.

I believe the local marine corp gave the information to the local news because they wanted other marines to show up - they actually had to move to a bigger venue because so many people showed up.  He was pretty old, so I don't think he had any friends or family left. 

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Re: Funeral for a marine vet

‎11-17-2015 09:45 PM

@Kachina624 wrote:

I wonder how many people cared enough to visit him while he was alive?

You know, that entered my mind too, he was in a nursing home and had no living family or friends, so probably no one.   Sad. 

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