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KS: WWII VET'S FUNERAL BRINGS CLOSURE AFTER 80 YEARS
07-08-2023
--SUPERS—
:00-:05
Friday
Garden City, KS

:09-:21
Gary Foos
Color guard

:27-:31
Austin Morton
Reporting

:43-:48
Patty Knoll
Great niece

1:00-1:03
Paul Horning

--LEAD IN—
A MAN WHO GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY NEARLY 80 YEARS AGO IN WORLD WAR TWO FINALLY RECEIVED LONG OVERDUE HONORS AND A PROPER BURIAL IN GARDEN CITY, KANSAS FRIDAY.
ARMY SERGEANT GREGORY V KNOLL WAS DECLARED NON-RECOVERABLE IN 19-51…
BUT HIS REMAINS WERE IDENTIFIED THROUGH ADVANCED D-N-A TESTING IN JANUARY.
AUSTIN MORTON WAS AT THE CEREMONY -- WHERE MOST WHO ATTENDED WERE NOT OLD ENOUGH TO HAVE MET KNOLL BUT CAME TO HONOR HIM AND HELP BRING CLOSURE TO HIS FAMILY.
--REPORTER PKG AS FOLLOWS—
*nats* Army cadence
THOUGH SERGEANT GREGORY KNOLL DIED DECADES AGO IN GERMANY FIGHTING IN WORLD WAR II ...MANY STILL CAME TO HIS FUNERAL THIS AFTERNOON.
Gary Foos - Color guard: “To honor the family, to repatriate the remains, and give the honor that he deserves as a fallen veteran.”
*nats* Soldiers marching
Gary Foos - Color guard: “Important. Very important. Can't express it enough just how important it is.”
Austin Morton standup: “Dozens came to support a family member they never even knew.”
Patty Knoll, Great niece: “There's only maybe one or two people here who actually knew Gregory, the rest of us just heard about him.”
*nats* Guns firing
GREAT NIECE PATTY KNOLL SAYS SHE STILL CAN'T BELIEVE HE'S BACK.
Patty Knoll, Great niece: “It was shocking, it was shocking. It's like you're kidding, they found him?”
MOST ARE TOO YOUNG TO HAVE KNOWN SGT. KNOLL... BUT SAY THEY ARE JUST THANKFUL HE IS FINALLY HOME.
Patty Knoll, Great niece: “It feels like the closure of a chapter.”
*nats* Trumpet playing
Paul Horning: “As you can see today, it's very much closure for him. Everyone's happy to see that he's back home.”
IN GARDEN CITY, AUSTIN MORTON, 12 NEWS.
-----END-----CNN.SCRIPT-----

--KEYWORD TAGS--
KANSAS WORLD WAR 2 VETERAN SOLDIER FUNERAL
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--SUPERS—
:00-:05
Friday
Garden City, KS

:09-:21
Gary Foos
Color guard

:27-:31
Austin Morton
Reporting

:43-:48
Patty Knoll
Great niece

1:00-1:03
Paul Horning

--LEAD IN—
A MAN WHO GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY NEARLY 80 YEARS AGO IN WORLD WAR TWO FINALLY RECEIVED LONG OVERDUE HONORS AND A PROPER BURIAL IN GARDEN CITY, KANSAS FRIDAY.
ARMY SERGEANT GREGORY V KNOLL WAS DECLARED NON-RECOVERABLE IN 19-51…
BUT HIS REMAINS WERE IDENTIFIED THROUGH ADVANCED D-N-A TESTING IN JANUARY.
AUSTIN MORTON WAS AT THE CEREMONY -- WHERE MOST WHO ATTENDED WERE NOT OLD ENOUGH TO HAVE MET KNOLL BUT CAME TO HONOR HIM AND HELP BRING CLOSURE TO HIS FAMILY.
--REPORTER PKG AS FOLLOWS—
*nats* Army cadence
THOUGH SERGEANT GREGORY KNOLL DIED DECADES AGO IN GERMANY FIGHTING IN WORLD WAR II ...MANY STILL CAME TO HIS FUNERAL THIS AFTERNOON.
Gary Foos - Color guard: “To honor the family, to repatriate the remains, and give the honor that he deserves as a fallen veteran.”
*nats* Soldiers marching
Gary Foos - Color guard: “Important. Very important. Can't express it enough just how important it is.”
Austin Morton standup: “Dozens came to support a family member they never even knew.”
Patty Knoll, Great niece: “There's only maybe one or two people here who actually knew Gregory, the rest of us just heard about him.”
*nats* Guns firing
GREAT NIECE PATTY KNOLL SAYS SHE STILL CAN'T BELIEVE HE'S BACK.
Patty Knoll, Great niece: “It was shocking, it was shocking. It's like you're kidding, they found him?”
MOST ARE TOO YOUNG TO HAVE KNOWN SGT. KNOLL... BUT SAY THEY ARE JUST THANKFUL HE IS FINALLY HOME.
Patty Knoll, Great niece: “It feels like the closure of a chapter.”
*nats* Trumpet playing
Paul Horning: “As you can see today, it's very much closure for him. Everyone's happy to see that he's back home.”
IN GARDEN CITY, AUSTIN MORTON, 12 NEWS.
-----END-----CNN.SCRIPT-----

--KEYWORD TAGS--
KANSAS WORLD WAR 2 VETERAN SOLDIER FUNERAL
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