Colonel John Patrick "Jack" Murtha, Jr. (D) June 17, 1932 – February 8, 2010

Earlier today, the first Viet Nam veteran ever elected to congress, died. John Murtha (as of this past Saturday, Pennsylvania's longest serving congressman) was the 19 term representative of Pennsylvania's 12th district, most notably the home of Johnstown, and which for most of his service included Shanksvi

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