HEROES: Three Soldiers

Ed Vogel of Erwin, Tenn., Issie Goldberg of New York and Ed Sipowsky of Waukegan, Ill. flew a Navy plane, fought together, and died together in a crash at San Juan, Puerto Rico. Last week in Santurce they were buried side-by-side in a service that exemplified America: a Protestant chaplain read the service for Lieut. Vogel, a Catholic priest for Machinist's Mate Sipowsky, a Jewish rabbi for Issie Goldberg of aviation ordnance.

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