February 8, 2010: Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) passed away this afternoon at the age of 77. First elected to office in 1974, he was the longest serving Member of Congress in Pennsylvania. Murtha, who served for 37 years in the U.S. Marine Corps, was also the first Vietnam Veteran elected to Congress.
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