Twin brothers, 19, who died during a WWII D-Day Normandy rescue mission are finally reunited after 74 YEARS and laid to rest side-by-side at a French cemetery
Julius Heinrich Otto 'Henry' Pieper and twin Ludwig Julius Wilhelm 'Louie' Pieper were 19-year-old, US Navy sailors when they died on June 19, 1944
An underwater mine sank their boat while they were en route to Normandy
Louie's body was found soon after and he was buried at the Normandy cemetery
Julius' remains weren't discovered until 1961 when French divers found them
Julius was buried in Belgium, identified only as 'Unknown X-9352'
A US agency was able to finally identify Julius by name in 2017
The Pieper family asked that Louie's body be moved so he and Julius could rest side-by-side at France's Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial
The reburial ceremony occurred Tuesday, 75 years after the twins died
By Associated Press and Dailymail.com Reporter
Published: 05:56 EDT, 19 June 2018 | Updated: 19:07 EDT, 19 June 2018
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5860259/Twin-brothers-reunited-74-years-WWII-death-Normandy.html
