Remains of 24 US servicemen recovered from WWII battlefield

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 Remains of 24 US servicemen recovered from WWII battlefield

    Jul 28, 2017 Updated Jul 28, 2017


HONOLULU (AP) — The remains of what are believed to be 24 American servicemen killed on a Pacific island during World War II have been returned to the U.S. for identification.

The Pentagon says a U.S. military aircraft carrying flag-draped coffins arrived this week at Hawaii's Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.

History Flight, a Florida-based nonprofit group, says its members discovered the remains during excavations on Tarawa, in the Gilbert Islands.

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