‘Return of the Dead’: The unthinkable choice faced by military families after WWII
Photo: Military TimesShortly after the war, more than 171,000 remains were returned to the U.S., while next of kin chose to have more than 110,000 buried overseas.
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Originally published by Military Times. Summary and curation by DutyStation.ai.
