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TexasTowelie

(111,300 posts)
Sun Dec 3, 2017, 06:35 PM Dec 2017

100 killed in Pearl Harbor attack identified 76 years later

HONOLULU (AP) - The military has identified 100 sailors and Marines killed when the USS Oklahoma capsized during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 76 years ago.

The milestone comes two years after the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency dug up nearly 400 sets of remains from a Hawaii cemetery.

Officials exhumed the bodies after determining that advances in forensic science and genealogical help from families made it possible to identify the men. The buried Marines and sailors have been classified as missing since World War II.

The agency has said it expects to identify about 80 percent of the battleship's missing crew members by 2020.

Read more: http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/36979480/100-killed-in-pearl-harbor-attack-identified-after-76-years

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100 killed in Pearl Harbor attack identified 76 years later (Original Post) TexasTowelie Dec 2017 OP
... shenmue Dec 2017 #1
What wonderful news! shraby Dec 2017 #2
. irisblue Dec 2017 #3
Good news and DashOneBravo Dec 2017 #4
Wow, and this week will commemorate Pearl Harbor (Thur). BigmanPigman Dec 2017 #5
This news will be a comfort to some families xxqqqzme Dec 2017 #6
Just in time for December 7. George II Dec 2017 #7
'The Arizona is still resting at the bottom of the harbor with most of its crew entombed on board.' progree Dec 2017 #8
our movie channels have been running the film "Pearl Harbor" for a couple of weeks now. CTyankee Dec 2017 #9
The Arizona has been designated a war grave. Full honors were and are given to those at rest there sarge43 Dec 2017 #10

progree

(10,864 posts)
8. 'The Arizona is still resting at the bottom of the harbor with most of its crew entombed on board.'
Sun Dec 3, 2017, 07:57 PM
Dec 2017
More than 2,400 sailors, Marines and soldiers were killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor.

The Oklahoma's casualties ((429)) were second only to the USS Arizona, which lost 1,177 men. The Arizona is still resting at the bottom of the harbor with most of its crew entombed on board.


Interesting that after all this time, they haven't drilled into the Arizona and removed the remains.

CTyankee

(63,771 posts)
9. our movie channels have been running the film "Pearl Harbor" for a couple of weeks now.
Sun Dec 3, 2017, 08:25 PM
Dec 2017

We expect "Tora Tora Tora" to be run after Dec. 7th.

I liked "Pearl Harbor." It was nicely done and very respectful. What a terrible tragedy this country experienced...

sarge43

(28,939 posts)
10. The Arizona has been designated a war grave. Full honors were and are given to those at rest there
Sun Dec 3, 2017, 08:44 PM
Dec 2017

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