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Navy vet's mom denied visa to attend son's funeral in U.S.

Name: Navy vet's mom denied visa to attend son's funeral in U.S.
Uploaded: 2018-01-15T15:25:41-0500
Duration: 1 min 21 s
Description: When a U.S. Navy veteran died at the age of 22, his mother was thousands of miles away in Vietnam. Her requests for a visa to attend her son's funeral in the U.S. were denied both times. Luke Jones of CBS affiliate WREG-TV reports from Blytheville, Arkansas.

When a U.S. Navy veteran died at the age of 22, his mother was thousands of miles away in Vietnam. Her requests for a visa to attend her son's funeral in the U.S. were denied both times. Luke Jones of CBS affiliate WREG-TV reports from Blytheville, Arkansas.