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She Wants To Be Treated Like Any Other Widow. But One Letter On Her ID Is Making It Impossible.

In a 2004 ceremony in Orange County, N.Y., Robina Asti, a World War II veteran and pilot, married her longtime sweetheart, Norwood Patton. After Norwood passed away in 2012, Robina applied for survivor’s benefits, and a terrible thing happened. Listen to her story.

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