After 200 years, Somers Point fights for return of sailors' bodies
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Somers Point leaders want to bring back to the U.S. the remains of Capt. Richard Somers and 12 others killed in 1804 on a mission in Libya. Legislation supporting the effort has passed in the House. Even as the United States and its Western allies participate in a modern war in Libya, a small city in New Jersey and a congressmen are battling to bring home the remains of 13 American sailors who ...
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