Remains of US Soldier Lost in Korean War Come Home
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Sixty-three years after Army Sgt. 1st Class Joseph E. Gantt went missing in action during the Korean War, his remains were returned to his 94-year-old widow in a solemn ceremony at Los Angeles International Airport before dawn Friday.
Clara Gantt wept as she stood in the cold before the flag-draped casket that was carried from a jetliner by military honor guard.
“He told me if anything happened to him he wanted me to remarry. I told him no, no. Here I am, still his wife,” she told reporters.
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Nearly 7,900 Americans are still unaccounted for from the Korean War.
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Think how many people have no closure still, after all these years.
This man was worth waiting for: