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Long Lost Soldier Reunites With Family After 16 Year Absence
Phillip Charles Murry, a World War I veteran with seven battles wounds, returns to Texas after 16 years in Australia with the Simon Saw Company. He finds his wife Mary Dowdy and their children, recalls a grave misidentification, and meets his son Phil Murry Jr. and daughter Maynie Belle through a dramatic reunion aided by relatives and the Red Cross.
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