From the Washington Post comes an article about modern-day attempts to identify the hundreds of remains of sailors and Marines who died that day when their ship, the battleship USS OKLAHOMA, was hit by numerous torpedoes and bombs. She capsized in minutes in the shallow waters of Pearl Harbor, trapping them in the hull; 429 men died. Their bodies were not recovered until months later, by which time the remains were only skeletons jumbled together. They were buried as unknowns in mass graves in Honolulu. Now, decades later, the bodies have been exhumed and, using the latest scientific technology, they are slowly being identified and will be returned to their families. It is a story both sad and uplifting.
Read it here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/after-74-years-bones-from-pearl-harbor-tomb-ship-may-be-identified/2015/12/06/60263b86-8ee7-11e5-acff-673ae92ddd2b_story.html.
Respectfully,
Ron Carlson, Webmaster
Armed Guard / Merchant Marine website
www.armed-guard.com
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