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Search For American War Dead Is Unending Task
The piece recounts decades of Graves Registration work to identify U S war dead. It highlights WWII North Africa and Pacific efforts, Korea records, Civil War to Vietnam lineage, and modern methods like dental, bone charts, X rays, and trace inquiries to recover names and remains worldwide. It cites specific cases in Libya and New Guinea and notes continued unidentified remains in Armenia and elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Yates McDaniel
Washington
Farflung
North Africa
Libyan
New Guinea
North Korea
Greece
Pericles
Mexico
Gulf Coast
Mexico City
U.S. Army
Quartermaster Corps
Philippines
United States
War Department
Douglas MacArthur
General Staff
Batan
Corregidor Fortress
Corregidor
Jonathan Wainwright
China
Europe
William C. Allen
Army