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.
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R.I.P.
Actually, the story says these remaina were recovered in 2005.
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.”
But they were only just now returned for proper burial at Arlington.
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