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Parents of murdered Army officer push for burial at Arlington cemetery

In May 2017, Richard Collins III had just been commissioned into the U.S. Army when he was stabbed to death at a university bus stop. His killer had links to a white supremacist group and was sentenced to life in prison. For years, Rick and Dawn Collins have been pushing to bury their son with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery. Geoff Bennett spoke with them about it.

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