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Mountain named after troops killed in war service

Say this about Bruce Salisbury — he knows how to make a mountain out of a molehill.

Five years ago, the World War II veteran and his wife, Dottie, stopped for a sandwich after driving through the Rockies near Telluride, Colo., when she had an idea.

"She looks at these mountains and she says, 'Wouldn't it be nice if one of these mountains were named after all the guys who didn't make it home?' " Mr. Salisbury said.

Last month, it finally happened. At its Oct. 4 meeting, the U.S. Board on Geographic Names added to the map Mount KIA/MIA, a previously unnamed peak in southwestern Colorado.

Read entire article at Washington Times