Posted on May 30, 2022
United States Navy veteran remains identified, returned home
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A local family received the answer to a decades long question.
“We heard a rumor that he and a buddy made it to shore, but nothing ever came of that," Jane Perkins said.
Arriving at Kansas City International Airport Tuesday, were the remains of Wilbur Francis Newton, a United States Navy veteran who died in 1941 at Pearl Harbor.
“We weren’t actively pursuing this, I mean, I thank God and the heavens that there were people who were because we’re able now to find some closure and find some answers," Perkins said.
Perkins is the second cousin of Newton. Earlier this year, she said Newton's remains were identified by DNA testing.
“We heard a rumor that he and a buddy made it to shore, but nothing ever came of that," Jane Perkins said.
Arriving at Kansas City International Airport Tuesday, were the remains of Wilbur Francis Newton, a United States Navy veteran who died in 1941 at Pearl Harbor.
“We weren’t actively pursuing this, I mean, I thank God and the heavens that there were people who were because we’re able now to find some closure and find some answers," Perkins said.
Perkins is the second cousin of Newton. Earlier this year, she said Newton's remains were identified by DNA testing.
United States Navy veteran remains identified, returned home
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."On Friday, after a long haul voyage from the Philippines, Crotty returned to western New York. Almost 200 people, including the Coast Guard Atlantic Area Vice Admiral Scott Buschman, welcomed him to Niagra Falls Air Force Base.
"It had a solemnity to it and it was highly emotional," Patrick Crotty said, "When that plane was back up to the door of the hangar, when that color guard walked down the casket, I think that was the most memorable moment for me. And then you had the bagpiper playing, the hearse was there."
The same parish church that Crotty grew up attending hosted his funeral Saturday. Commandant of the Coast Guard Admiral Karl Schultz attended and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo ordered all flags at half-mast.
"The word everyone would use is closure," Patrick Crotty said, "It certainly brings closure. But the other word, the feeling our grandmother and parents would have on this day. That just keeps coming to mind for us."
..."On Friday, after a long haul voyage from the Philippines, Crotty returned to western New York. Almost 200 people, including the Coast Guard Atlantic Area Vice Admiral Scott Buschman, welcomed him to Niagra Falls Air Force Base.
"It had a solemnity to it and it was highly emotional," Patrick Crotty said, "When that plane was back up to the door of the hangar, when that color guard walked down the casket, I think that was the most memorable moment for me. And then you had the bagpiper playing, the hearse was there."
The same parish church that Crotty grew up attending hosted his funeral Saturday. Commandant of the Coast Guard Admiral Karl Schultz attended and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo ordered all flags at half-mast.
"The word everyone would use is closure," Patrick Crotty said, "It certainly brings closure. But the other word, the feeling our grandmother and parents would have on this day. That just keeps coming to mind for us."
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I'm glad that the MIA's getting identified and returned it's to late for some family's members but it brings closure to others
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