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DALLAS -- More than 50 years after Air Force Capt. Troy "Gordie" Cope's jet crashed during a Korean War dogfight, mourners gathered Tuesday for a final goodbye at Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery.
For decades after his jet was shot down, Cope's fate was a mystery. But by the late 1990s, clues emerged that led to the excavation of his crash site in Chinese territory and the recovery of his remains.See the full content of this document
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Korean War Pilot Laid to Rest at Last
It was not until February that the Pentagon announced it had identified the remains of Cope, whose case put a spotlight on a Russian role in the 1950-53 Korean...
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