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Posted: 2/4/2013 3:49:19 AM EST
Reverend Ray Layton preaches to friends and family as they gather to pay respects for Charles "Chuck" Poland at the Ozark Civic Center on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013, in Ozark, Ala. Authorities say Jim Lee Dykes, 65 — a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War known as Jimmy to neighbors — gunned down Poland, a school bus driver and then abducted a 5-year-old boy from the bus, taking him to an underground bunker on his rural property. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
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Posted: 2/4/2013 3:49:19 AM EST
Lauren Higginson, one of Charles "Chuck" Poland's bus riders, walks in with her mom to join friends and family gather to pay respects for Poland at the Ozark Civic Center on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013, in Ozark, Ala. Authorities say Jim Lee Dykes, 65 — a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War known as Jimmy to neighbors — gunned down Poland, a school bus driver, and then abducted a 5-year-old boy from the bus, taking him to an underground bunker on his rural property. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
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Posted: 2/4/2013 3:49:19 AM EST
Friends and family sing and cry as they gather to pay respects for Charles "Chuck" Poland at the Ozark Civic Center on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013, in Ozark, Ala. Authorities say Jim Lee Dykes, 65 — a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War known as Jimmy to neighbors — gunned down Poland a school bus driver and then abducted a 5-year-old boy from the bus, taking him to an underground bunker on his rural property. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
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Posted: 2/4/2013 3:49:19 AM EST
Residents raise flags along the processional route in Ozark for Dale County Schools bus driver Charles “Chuck” Poland Jr., who died Tuesday, in Ozark, Ala., Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013. Authorities say Jim Lee Dykes, 65 — a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War known as Jimmy to neighbors — gunned down Poland, a school bus driver, and then abducted a 5-year-old boy from the bus, taking him to an underground bunker on his rural property. (AP Photo/Dothan Eagle, Danny Tindell)
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Posted: 2/4/2013 3:49:19 AM EST
Family members embrace during the funeral service of Charles “Chuck” Poland in Ozark, Ala., Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013. Authorities say Jim Lee Dykes, 65 — a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War known as Jimmy to neighbors — gunned down Poland, a school bus driver, and then abducted a 5-year-old boy from the bus, taking him to an underground bunker on his rural property. (AP Photo/Dothan Eagle, Danny Tindell)
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Posted: 2/3/2013 9:38:33 PM EST
Family members embrace during the funeral service of Charles “Chuck” Poland in Ozark, Ala., Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013. Authorities say Jim Lee Dykes, 65 — a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War known as Jimmy to neighbors — gunned down Poland, a school bus driver, and then abducted a 5-year-old boy from the bus, taking him to an underground bunker on his rural property. (AP Photo/Dothan Eagle, Danny Tindell)
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Posted: 2/1/2013 12:05:42 PM EST
Former U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) testifies during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on his nomination to be Defense Secretary, on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 31, 2013. Hagel, 66, is a decorated Vietnam War veteran and a former two-term Republican senator. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
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Posted: 2/1/2013 12:05:42 PM EST
Former U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) testifies during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on his nomination to be Defense Secretary, on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 31, 2013. Hagel, 66, is a decorated Vietnam War veteran and a former two-term Republican senator. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
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Posted: 2/1/2013 12:05:42 PM EST
Former U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) testifies during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on his nomination to be Defense Secretary, on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 31, 2013. Hagel, 66, is a decorated Vietnam War veteran and a former two-term Republican senator. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
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Posted: 1/31/2013 1:56:46 PM EST
Law enforcement officials from the FBI work the scene of a shooting and hostage taking in Midland City, Alabama, January 31, 2013. A gunman suspected of fatally shooting an Alabama school bus driver before holing up in an underground bunker with a young child is a Vietnam veteran with anti-government views, authorities and an organization that tracks hate groups said. REUTERS/Phil Sears
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Posted: 1/31/2013 1:56:46 PM EST
Law enforcement officials direct traffic at a roadblock at the scene of a shooting and hostage taking in Midland City, Alabama, January 31, 2013. A gunman suspected of fatally shooting an Alabama school bus driver before holing up in an underground bunker with a young child is a Vietnam veteran with anti-government views, authorities and an organization that tracks hate groups said. REUTERS/Phil Sears
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Posted: 1/31/2013 1:56:46 PM EST
Law enforcement officials work the scene of a shooting and hostage taking in Midland City, Alabama, January 31, 2013. A gunman suspected of fatally shooting an Alabama school bus driver before holing up in an underground bunker with a young child is a Vietnam veteran with anti-government views, authorities and an organization that tracks hate groups said. REUTERS/Phil Sears
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Posted: 1/31/2013 1:05:52 PM EST
Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) (L), sits down before giving testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee to be Defense Secretary, on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 31, 2013. Hagel, 66, is a decorated Vietnam War veteran and a former two-term Republican senator. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
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Posted: 1/31/2013 1:05:52 PM EST
Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) (L), sits down before giving testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee to be Defense Secretary, on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 31, 2013. Hagel, 66, is a decorated Vietnam War veteran and a former two-term Republican senator. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
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Posted: 1/31/2013 12:08:25 PM EST
Republican Chuck Hagel, a former two-term senator and President Obama's choice to lead the Pentagon, arrives at the Senate Armed Services Committee for his confirmation hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. Former committee chairman, Democrat Sam Nunn, left, introduced Hagel. If confirmed, Hagel, a decorated Vietnam combat veteran, would be the first enlisted man to serve as defense secretary. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Posted: 1/31/2013 7:33:31 AM EST
FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2012 file photo, director Wayne Blair poses for a photo on the red carpet at the Elgin Theatre for his film "The Sapphires" during the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto. Feel-good musical drama “The Sapphires” sparkled at Australia's premier film awards. The tale of an Aboriginal family singing group entertaining American troops in the Vietnam War won best film and five other awards at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts ceremony Wednesday night, Jan. 30, 2013. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Aaron Vincent Elkaim, File)
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Posted: 1/31/2013 7:33:31 AM EST
FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2012 file photo, Deborah Mailman, from left, Jessica Mauboy, Chris O'Dowd, Shari Sebbens and Miranda Tapsell pose for a photo on the red carpet at the Elgin Theatre for the film "The Sapphires" during the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto. Feel-good musical drama “The Sapphires” sparkled at Australia's premier film awards. The tale of an Aboriginal family singing group entertaining American troops in the Vietnam War won best film and five other awards at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts ceremony Wednesday night, Jan. 30, 2013. Best Lead Actress Mailman and Best Supporting Actress Mauboy won for playing sisters in the group and O'Dowd won the lead actor award for playing the group's talent manager. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Aaron Vincent Elkaim, File)
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Posted: 1/31/2013 1:33:27 AM EST
The family of Nguyen Quoc Quan welcomes his arrival at the Los Angeles International Airport from Vietnam on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, in Los Angeles. Quan, a human rights activist, has been released after being detained since April 17, 2012 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
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Posted: 1/31/2013 1:33:27 AM EST
Human rights activist Nguyen Quoc Quan with his wife Huong Mai Ngo and their sons Khoa, 20, and Tri, 19, speaks during a press conference after his arrival at the Los Angeles International Airport from Vietnam on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, in Los Angeles. Quan has been released after being detained since April 17, 2012 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
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Posted: 1/31/2013 1:33:27 AM EST
Human rights activist Nguyen Quoc Quan speaks during a press conference after his arrival at the Los Angeles International Airport from Vietnam on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, in Los Angeles. Quan has been released after being detained since April 17, 2012 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)