Monday, December 19, 2005

Home is the sailor

Navy Seaman Missing from Pearl Harbor Attack is Identified
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. Navy seaman missing in action from the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor have been identified and will soon be returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
He is Seaman 2nd Class Warren P. Hickok of Kalamazoo, Mich. The family has not set a date for his burial.
Of the 88,000 unaccounted-for Americans from all conflicts, 78,000 are from World War II.

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