ON OCTOBER 10, 1947, the U.S. Army funeral ship docked in Oakland, California, delivering 3,027 caskets as a military band played “Taps” and Verdi’s “Requiem.” Inside were the remains of Americans who had died in the Pacific—the first to be repatriated from the battlefields of World War II. On the 75th anniversary of that first mission, the
NEW STUDY OF A GRIM MISSION
Aug 09, 2022
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