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When 84-year-old U.S. Army veteran Richard McKinley visited the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., June 24, 2008, he didn't expect the U.S. Air Force's top enlisted man to greet him -- even if Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Rodney J. McKinley is his nephew. The elder McKinley was pleasantly surprised at the impromptu family reunion.

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When 84-year-old U.S. Army veteran Richard McKinley visited the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., June 24, 2008, he didn't expect the U.S. Air Force's top enlisted man to greet him -- even if Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Rodney J. McKinley is his nephew. The elder McKinley was pleasantly surprised at the impromptu family reunion.

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