Firefighter killed on Sept. 11 identified 18 years later
A firefighter who died on September 11 was laid to rest Tuesday after his remains were identified 18 years later.
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A firefighter who died on September 11 was laid to rest Tuesday after his remains were identified 18 years later.
Bryan Knight was 5 years old when he said goodbye to his father at an airport in Dallas, Texas, just before he was sent off to the Vietnam War.
The remains of 30 US Marines and Navy service members lost since a bloody WWII battle in the South Pacific have been found on remote Tarawa Atoll, an organization that recovers lost US service members said.
George Naegle left La Crosse to serve in World War II, and never returned home.
Some Korean War remains obtained from North Korea have been identified as US service members, Secretary of Defense James Mattis confirmed Tuesday.
Dozens of cases believed to hold the remains of American service members killed during the Korean War are to due to be flown to the United States on Wednesday.
North Korea provided only a single dog tag to help identify the 55 cases of remains that were given to US officials on Friday, a US defense official told CNN.
A US Air Force plane carrying what are believed to be the remains of US troops killed during the Korean War some 65 years ago arrived Friday morning at Osan Air Base in South Korea.
A number of US Defense Department personnel are expected to travel to South Korea in coming days to assist with the expected return from North Korea on Friday of the remains of US service members killed during the Korean War.
The United States is expecting North Korea to return the first group of possible US service member remains on July 27, according to a US official.