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The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from the Korean War, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors. He is Cpl. Steven Lucas, U.S. Army, of Johnson City, N.Y. He will be buried July 11 in Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C. Representatives from the Army met with Lucas’ next-of-kin to explain the recovery and identification process, and to coordinate interment with military honors on behalf of the Secretary of the Army. In late November 1950, Lucas was...

“Lava Dogs” of the 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, bow their heads at the start of their unit’s transfer of authority ceremony at Jalalabad Airfield, Afghanistan, May 13, 2006. The Marine battalion turned over its area of operations in eastern Afghanistan to the U.S. Army’s 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry, the “Chosin Battalion,” and is returning to Marine Corps Base Kanoehe Bay, Hawaii, after a five-month deployment supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Stephen Kwietniak 'Lava Dogs' Hand Off Afghan Ops to 'Chosin Few' The Marine battalion returns to Hawaii as the Army's 1st Battalion,...