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World War II veteran laid to rest at Arlington Cemetery decades after death

A Northfield family is in Washington, D.C., for a moment nearly 80 years in the making. Lt. Col Addison Baker's plane was shot down during World War II, and his family thought the Chicago native's remains were lost forever, but with the help of DNA technology, he finally was identified years later, and on Wednesday he was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery.
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