Richard Swanson
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In this May 7, 2013, photo, Richard Swanson, of Seattle, walks along a road in Kelso, Wash. Swanson, who was trying to dribble a soccer ball to Brazil in time for the 2014 World Cup, died Tuesday, May 14, 2013, after being hit by a pickup truck on the Oregon Coast. (AP Photo/The Daily News, Bill Wagner)
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Among those attending was Richard Swanson of Mead, Neb., a Coast Guard storekeeper when he helped to rescue some of the men from the sinking Army troopship Dorchester on Feb. 3, 1943, off the coast of Greenland. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Richard Swanson was a Coast Guard storekeeper second class when he helped to rescue the men from the U.S. Army troopship Dorchester on February 3, 1943 off the coast of Greenland. Making the trip from his home in Mead, Ne, he came for the dedication of the Jewish Chaplains Memorial in the Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va, Monday, October 24, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)
