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Unidentified crew members from the USS Oklahoma returned to Hickam Field

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At least 51 unidentified crew members of the USS Oklahoma were returned to Hickam Field Thursday and the U.S. military gave the Dec. 7, 1941, heroes full honors. An Air Force C-17 cargo aircraft transported 10 American flag-draped caskets containing the unidentified remains from Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska, where the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency has a lab, to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.
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Tommy Tanaka, a Korean War veteran, attended Thursday's ceremony.
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At least 51 unidentified crew members of the USS Oklahoma were returned to Hickam Field Thursday and the U.S. military gave the Dec. 7, 1941, heroes full honors. An Air Force C-17 cargo aircraft transported 10 American flag-draped caskets containing the unidentified remains from Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska, where the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency has a lab, to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.
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At least 51 unidentified crew members of the USS Oklahoma were returned to Hickam Field Thursday and the U.S. military gave the Dec. 7, 1941, heroes full honors. An Air Force C-17 cargo aircraft transported 10 American flag-draped caskets containing the unidentified remains from Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska, where the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency has a lab, to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.
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At least 51 unidentified crew members of the USS Oklahoma were returned to Hickam Field Thursday and the U.S. military gave the Dec. 7, 1941, heroes full honors. An Air Force C-17 cargo aircraft transported 10 American flag-draped caskets containing the unidentified remains from Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska, where the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency has a lab, to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.
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Carrie LeGarde of the USS Oklahoma Project attended Thursday's ceremony.
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Petty Officer 1st Class Collin A. Reichow of the U.S. Pacific Fleet Band plays taps.

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