Remains from WWII battle returned to U.S. soil
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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.
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An Air Force cargo plane flew the remains from Tarawa atoll in the remote Pacific island nation of Kiribati to Hawaii on Wednesday.
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Marines carried flag-draped caskets off the plane for a ceremony.
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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 past conflicts.
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They're believed to belong to Marines and sailors from the 6th Marine Regiment who were killed during the last night of the three-day Battle of Tarawa.
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More than 6,000 Americans, Japanese and Koreans died.
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Forensic anthropologists with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency will work to identify the remains using dental records, DNA and other clues.
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Chief Navy Carerr Counsel Jason Mullenberg, left, sits next to his grandfather, retired Hospital Corpsman Chief John Forbush, who served in both Vietnam and Korea.
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President of the Korean War Vet Association, Herb Schreiner, left, Stephen Daugherty and Richard Salesman of the American Legion Department of Hawaii, President of the Dept. of Hawaii American Legion Auxiliary, Patti Provencio, and Adjutant for the American Legion Department of Hawaii, Pete Provencio, bow their heads.
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Military as well as family members stand during the ceremony on Wednesday.
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