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Chicago soldier killed in Korea finally being laid to rest
AP via The Times of India ^ | Jun 17, 2018, 20:30 IST

Posted on 06/17/2018 8:09:54 AM PDT by GonzoII

CHICAGO: Not long after her father went missing during the Korean War, Carol Elkin spotted then-Gen. Dwight Eisenhower in downtown Chicago and did what any kid might do when coming face to face with the nation's most famous soldier: She asked him to bring her dad home.

On Tuesday, the now 76-year-old Elkin will be at Arlington National Cemetery to bury the remains of Army Maj. Stephen Uurtamo, nearly seven decades after he was taken prisoner by the Chinese and died.

(Excerpt) Read more at timesofindia.indiatimes.com ...


TOPICS: VetsCoR
KEYWORDS: koreanconflict; mias; nkorea; northkorea; trump; trumpkimsummit
Thank you Mr. President.
1 posted on 06/17/2018 8:09:54 AM PDT by GonzoII
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R.I.P.


2 posted on 06/17/2018 8:10:13 AM PDT by GonzoII ("If the new crime be, to believe in God, let us all be criminals" -Sheen)
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To: GonzoII

Actually, the story says these remaina were recovered in 2005.


3 posted on 06/17/2018 8:13:00 AM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin
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To: Bruce Campbells Chin

You are correct. I thought he was one of ca. 300 identified MIAs now interned in North Korea. This quote through me off: “He added to the list of 459 people whose remains have been identified since 1982.”


4 posted on 06/17/2018 8:23:11 AM PDT by GonzoII ("If the new crime be, to believe in God, let us all be criminals" -Sheen)
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To: Bruce Campbells Chin

But they were only just now returned for proper burial at Arlington.


5 posted on 06/17/2018 8:48:03 AM PDT by piytar (If it was not for double standards, the Democrats and the left would have NO standards.)
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