Bringing Long-Lost Soldiers Home
The New York Times reports today on a joint military command at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, which is dedicated to finding and identifying the remains of Americans from all wars. About 88,000 military personnel remain unaccounted for--most of them believed lost at sea in World War II. The Hickam-based command painstakingly identifies the remains of about 75 people per year.
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