LA Times Today: 80 years later, a San Diego burial for sailor killed at Pearl Harbor
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A Navy sailor finally came home to rest in San Diego this month — 80 years after perishing off the coast of Hawaii on the battleship Oklahoma.
That infamous day in history was Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
San Diego Union-Tribune reporter John Wilkens explains how this sailor’s once unidentifiable remains were recently matched through DNA testing.
That infamous day in history was Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
San Diego Union-Tribune reporter John Wilkens explains how this sailor’s once unidentifiable remains were recently matched through DNA testing.