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Vietnam vets who left high school for service get their diplomas over six decades later

Muscatine, Iowa — When Dennis Snyder of Muscatine, Iowa, took his yearbook photos more than six decades ago, he thought he would be a member of the graduating class of 1963. “It’s hard to believe I was ever that young,” Snyder joked to CBS News. The summer before his junior year at Muscatine High School,…

WWII-era ship sinks before it can be sunk as target practice in U.S.-Philippine drills

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A World War II-era Philippine navy ship to be used as a target in a combat exercise by American and the Philippine forces accidentally sank Monday hours before the mock assault, prompting the drill to be cancelled, U.S. and Philippine military officials said. The BRP Miguel Malvar, which was decommissioned by the Philippine navy in…