BEDFORD, Va.—Marguerite Cottrell remembers the summer day 75 years ago when a Western Union telegram was delivered to her family farm as her mother was hanging clothes on the line to dry.
Her mother read it, sat down, and wept.
A group of photos at a tribute center for the Bedford Boys in Bedford, Va., on May 6, 2019. AP Photo/Steve Helber
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