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The casket of Cpl. Harold W. Reed sits in its final resting place in Ottawa Hills Memorial Park in Toledo.

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Dorothy Sobczak, Cpl. Harold W. Reed's wife at the time of his death, pays her last respects to her ex-husband as she tosses a handful of dirt into his grave. Mrs. Sobczak waited many years before eventually remarrying Clarence Sobczak.

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From left to right, Connie Power, Bill Power's sister-in-law, Bill Power, Clarence Sobczak and Dorothy Sobczak, Reed's wife at the time of his death, watch as the coffin cover is lowered onto the casket of Cpl. Harold W. Reed 63 years after his death in the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea during the Korean War. Bill Power was instrumental in bringing Reed's remains back to Toledo to be buried with his loved ones.

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Mrs. Sobczak is presented with a folded American flag to honor her ex-husband's service to America.

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Retired Marine Don Mooney salutes the casket of Cpl. Harold W. Reed after it's arrival to Ottawa Hills Memorial Park. Mooney was one of the Marines that rescued those still alive, and those of the dead they could, of Fox Company, Reed's unit, in the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea.

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Cpl. Andrew Slaughter, center, honors Cpl. Harold W. Reed along with other Marines with a 21 gun salute.

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Marines Cpl. Kenneth Arp, left, Sgt. Marshall Grayson, center, and PFC. Austin Adams, right, carry the flag-covered casket of Cpl. Harold W. Reed to his final resting place.

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Bill Power, a fellow Marine, pays his last respects to Reed as he tosses a handful of dirt into his grave. Power was instrumental in bringing Reed's remains back to Toledo.

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