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Never give up man freed after 34 year wait
Aleksandras Skopas, 80, reunited with family after 34 years behind the Iron Curtain. He recalled arrest in Lithuania after World War II and years in a Soviet prison camp, urged youth to never give up, and celebrated with a warm American welcome. His wife Elvira plans to buy a hearing aid for him.
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Sandra Balmer
Associated Press
Chicago
Aleksandras Skopas
Lithuania
Skopas
Moscow
Sophie Palionis
Cicero
Embassey
U.S
America
Baltic
Soviet Union
Siberia
Elvira