19-07-2019 15:41 via 10tv.com

US military brings back remains from World War II battle

HONOLULU (AP) — The U.S. military has brought back the remains of more than 20 servicemen killed in one of the bloodiest battles of World War II.An Air Force cargo plane flew the remains from Tarawa atoll in the remote Pacific island nation of Kiribati to Hawaii on Wednesday. Marines carried flag-draped caskets off the plane for a ceremony.The remains are among those discovered in March by History Flight, a nonprofit organization that searches for the remains of U.S. servicemen lost in pas
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