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For five years Kelly’s relatives — including many born years after the Air Force bombardier’s death — had been piecing together his life story through interviews and internet searches.

From Seattle Times • May 23, 2018

For five years Kelly’s relatives - including many born years after the Air Force bombardier’s death - had been piecing together his life story through interviews and internet searches.

From Washington Times • May 23, 2018

For years Kelly’s relatives had been piecing together his life story through interviews and internet searches.

From Seattle Times • May 23, 2018

She had been working as a cartographer, lost the job and had been piecing together income doing things like helping Geri Taylor with photo editing.

From New York Times • Apr. 30, 2016

Even during what Segev calls the Great Silence, some Israeli families had been piecing together fragments of evidence about the fate of those who died.

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2013