A ceremony on Friday was decades in the making with a Dallas Korean War veteran and POW laid to rest at DFW National Cemetery.
"I can't even explain the feeling that you get knowing that he's on American soil," said Erma Flemmings, Cherry's niece.
Cherry wasn't old enough to vote when he enlisted in the Army at 17 years old and went to North Korea. He was a member of Company G, 2nd Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, according to an Army news release.Download NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
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