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Marker on grave inspires Iowa family after Graham broadcast
Samuel Arnold of Bloomfield and his relatives learned through a Philippines crusade telecast that Burt Arnold lies buried at Manila American Cemetery. The camera shot of Burt’s white grave marker, shown during a Billy Graham program taped in 1977, ends decades of doubt for Samuel and connects the family to a soldier from Iowa.
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