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40 years after air tragedy, survivors gather to remember

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Posing for a photo during a Day of Remembrance on Saturday, Mary Olczyk (left) lost her husband and Gina Salinas lost her father in the military plane crash near Greenwood in 1982. The tragedy was observed during a ceremony at Wonder Lake Fire Station 2. (Independent photo by Ken Farver)

Staff Report news@the woodstockindependent.com  Nearly 100 people gathered Saturday to remember the 1982 mid-air explosion of a military plane that killed all 27 people northeast of Woodstock in Greenwood Township. […]

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