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Veteran who beat colon cancer makes mission to ensure comrades have what they need if put in same position

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After 22 years of service in the U.S. Navy, Commander Bill Phillips is now facing a new battle, one that has nothing to do with jet aircrafts or military strategy, but with ensuring fellow veterans have the support they need when diagnosed with cancer. Phillips, who retired as a Commander and is the Founder and President of the KFG Project, is on a mission to give back to the veterans community in a way that no one expected.I retired as a Comman…

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Local woman plans markers for unmarked veteran graves

RAVENNA, Ohio (WJW) -- While researching gravesites at the Maple Grove Cemetery in Ravenna, Christine Untrauer said she stumbled on the photo of 21-year-old Willie Ross Dennis. In the photo, she found he was dressed in a military uniform and soon realized he died while serving his country in South Vietnam in January 1968. "He was a young man when he went off to war. He was in Vietnam for just a month when he died," she said. Produce merchan…

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'This is a calling': Ravenna woman on a mission to mark the unmarked graves of veterans

At Maple Grove Cemetery in Ravenna, there are about 17,000 grave sites.Many of them are clearly marked as the final resting spots for veterans, and that's how it should be, according to Ravenna resident Christine Untrauer.She has made it her mission to locate the unmarked graves of veterans in Portage County and then find the funding to install markers to honor them."I get this tap on my shoulder that says, 'Don't forget about me. I'm a veteran.…

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