Rural Town Mourns Loss of Second Soldier

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The small town of Loyal,Wisconsin is mourning the death of 22 year old Marine Josh Schmitz killed in Iraq on Tuesday. Schmitz is the second Wisconsin soldier from Loyal to die in Iraq. Ironically two years ago on exactly the same dateNational Guard staff Sergeant Todd Olson was fatally wounded . Gil Halsted has more….

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