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Default Air Force vet who saved orphans in Korean War dies

Air Force vet who saved orphans in Korean War dies

03-06-2015 03:06 AM

CINCINNATI Retired Air Force Col. Dean Hess, who helped rescue hundreds of orphans in the Korean War and whose exploits prompted a Hollywood film starring Rock Hudson, has died at age 97. Hess died Monday at his home in Huber Heights, a suburb of Dayton, after a short illness, his son Lawrence Hess said Thursday.

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