Bits of War, Nov. 2019; Two USS West Virginia Unknowns from Pearl Harbor Identified, 1st U.S. Flag on Normandy Beaches Shown

**  Navy Fireman 1st Class Bethel E, Walters, 25, was killed on board the USS West Virginia n December, 7, 1941.  His remains were recovered but couldn't be identified.  He was from Bellevue, Texas and his remains were identified with DNA.

**  Hadley Heavin's body was among those unknown from the USS West Virginia when it was attacked at Pearl Harbor.  No decision has been made as to where he will be buried, in Hawaii or back home at his family's cemetery in Baxter Springs, Kansas.

**  The first U.S. flag flown on the beaches on D-Day was displayed at the  Lodge Casino in Billings, Montana, on Saturday, Nov. 23.  Sgt. John Horvath flew it and then sent it home to  his wife in Ohio. This year, Navy veteran Steve Billey saw the flag was for sale and bought it for $162,500.  He also got Horvath's dog tags and Purple Heart.  The flag also has a bullet hole in it.

--GreGen