Veterans' burials nonstop at national cemeteries
(AP)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080524/capt.a067bd0c2fc0402fab18fa6c6e5ad30e.100_burials_cd303.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=dssJRY.YPQnnR71hSAPlVw--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="A color guard fires a salute during a military burial ceremony at the Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery in Rittman, Ohio Thursday, April 10, 2008. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080525/ap_on_re_us/100_burials)AP - The cracking of rifle fire silenced the twittering blue jays, blackbirds and killdeer. As members of the color guard lowered their rifles, the smell of bitter smoke drifted over the family and friends of former Army Sgt. Ellis Hale, a Vietnam War veteran who died of prostate cancer at age 59. Sniffles and gentle sobs accompanied a recording of taps.</p><br clear="all"/>
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