World IN BRIEF : DELAWARE : Hostage’s Remains Returned to U.S.
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The remains of the last American held hostage in Lebanon were returned to U.S. soil. The skeletal remains of William Buckley, who was the CIA station chief in Beirut, arrived aboard an Air Force jet at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. He will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Buckley was abducted in March, 1984, and slain by his captors the following year. His body was found Friday by Lebanese police acting on a tip.
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