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March 30, 2004 World War II remains arrive at Hickam Associated Press
HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii — The remains of what are believed to be seven World War II servicemen arrived on American soil Friday, 60 years after their transport plane crashed in Southeast Asia.
The remains now go to the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command’s Central Identification Laboratory, where scientists will attempt to identify them.
The remains are believed to be those of a crew whose C-47 transport plane crashed in 1944 during an air supply flight between India and Burma, now called Myanmar. They were brought home in an American flag-draped coffin by a team of investigators who made the discovery at a Burmese crash site last fall. The location of such crash sites and the subsequent excavation of remains can involve years of work, but some said the most difficult part was yet to come. “The hardest part is finding the families,” said Lt. Col. Jerry O’Hara, the command’s public affairs chief. “In World War II cases and some in Korea, it’s a big hurdle.” The remains arrived at the Hickam Air Force Base along with a second set of U.S. World War II remains that were turned over by the Burmese government. Unlike the first set, there was no identifying information about the dead. The Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command lab identifies about two men each week, more than 100 a year in all. About 78,000 Americans from World War II are unaccounted for.
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Welcome Home Brothers, we have been waiting for your return for along time. You have not been forgotten by your loved ones.
------------------------------------------------------------ Out of every 100 men, ten shouldn't even be there, Eighty are just targets, Nine are the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Ah, but the one, one is a warrior, and he will bring the others back." - Hericletus, circa 500 BC -----------------------------------------------------------
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All to often the longest road is the one back home. Welcome Home Soldiers, rest easy.
"A citizen who takes up arms, is no longer a civilian".
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I'm glad that they are home, and hope that this brings some closure to their families.
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Welcome home WW II Soldiers! May you find eternal rest in the USA. It's possible that they may have been supplying Merrills Marauders, the forerunners of the 75th Ranger Regiment. Mentioning of the C-47 brings back memories of long ago when we jumped from C-47's before we got to jump from the C-82 and C-119. GR
GR John 3:16
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