Oldest US veteran mourned
Italian immigrant's life touched three centuries
SWAMPSCOTT -- As mourners sang a somber version of "America the Beautiful" yesterday morning, a military honor guard draped a flag over the casket of Antonio Pierro in the final tribute of its kind in Massachusetts and one of the last for the nation. (Full article: 653 words)
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