Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency plans disinterment of unidentified USS Arizona crew remains
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Updated · The Guardian · Apr 27
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency plans disinterment of unidentified USS Arizona crew remains
5 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Apr 27
The DPAA announced it can now identify at least 60% of disinterred crew, after collecting sufficient family DNA samples and records.
This milestone enables the agency to formally request and begin planning the disinterment of up to 141 unknowns buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu.
The effort, aided by Operation 85 and families, aims to identify Arizona crew killed in the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack, following the model used for USS Oklahoma crew identifications.
What DNA breakthroughs finally unlocked the identities of these Pearl Harbor heroes?
Will the hundreds of sailors still entombed within the sunken USS Arizona ever be identified?
After 85 years, what happens to a sailor's remains once they are finally identified?
Does identifying individuals outweigh the sanctity of leaving a final resting place undisturbed?
Why did the government initially resist the very project it now publicly praises?