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| | USATODAY.com - Pentagon IDs U.S. pilot remains shot down in Korean War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25) |
 | | Troy "Gordie" Cope, of Norfork, Ark., was piloting what was then the Air Force's best fighter, the F-86 Sabre, on Sept. 16, 1952, when he encountered MiG-15 fighters — purportedly North Korean but flown by Russians — over the Yalu River that separates North Korea from China. |
 | | Chris Cope of Plano, Texas, a nephew of the deceased pilot, said in a telephone interview Friday that his uncle will be buried with full military honors on May 31. |
 | | Carl P. Cope, a brother of Troy's and a World War II veteran, said in a telephone interview from his home in Ennis, Texas, that the burial will be at the Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery. |
| www.usatoday.com /news/washington/2005-02-26-korean-war-pilot_x.htm?csp=34 (710 words) |
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