CAPE GIRARDEAU — Maj. Emerson York Barker was 24 years old in 1944 and had just finished a tour of duty with the U.S. Air Force over Guadalcanal when he was given a choice: Go home or train fighter pilots to lead battleships into Tokyo Bay.
Missouri man works to get missing brother a marker at Arlington Cemetery
Monday, May 28, 2012 | 12:09 p.m. CDT;
updated 8:46 p.m. CDT, Monday, May 28, 2012
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