Searchers recover bodies of 2 Marines who drowned in canal

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: March 27, 2003| Author: NAHAL TOOSI | Copyright information

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Searchers recover bodies of 2 Marines who drowned in canal

By NAHAL TOOSI of the Journal Sentinel staff

Thursday, March 27, 2003

Southern Iraq -- The bodies of two Marines who drowned have been recovered, after they disappeared in a canal while helping set up a water purification site near a military camp in southeastern Iraq.

Sgt. Bradley S. Korthaus, 28, of Davenport, Iowa, and Cpl. Evan T. James, 20, of La Harpe, Ill., me...

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