100 killed in Pearl Harbor attack identified 76 years later

[TexasTowelie]

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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1. ...

[shraby]

2. What wonderful news!

[irisblue]

3. .

[DashOneBravo]

4. Good news and

Some closure for some.

Welcome home

[BigmanPigman]

5. Wow, and this week will commemorate Pearl Harbor (Thur).

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6. This news will be a comfort to some families

[George II]

7. Just in time for December 7.

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8. 'The Arizona is still resting at the bottom of the harbor with most of its crew entombed on board.'

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]

9. our movie channels have been running the film "Pearl Harbor" for a couple of weeks now.

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]

10. The Arizona has been designated a war grave. Full honors were and are given to those at rest there

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