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Article: NO VET SHOULD DIE WITHOUT A TRIBUTE.(News)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- November 1, 2005
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Byline: DENNIS McCARTHY
``He was our Marlboro man, our John Wayne.''
- Marie Williams, transportation coordinator at the Sepulveda VA.
Bill Trow died last week, leaving a big hole in the hearts of many veterans in the San Fernando Valley.
This 81-year-old vet of World War II and the Korean War was the Marlboro man and John Wayne rolled into one. Only he wasn't an actor playing a role.
He was the real thing.
The first time I laid eyes on Bill, he was standing at attention over the grave of a veteran, alongside his buddies - John Graves, Bill Herrera and Ralph Burns - from Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10040 in Sun ...