This is the final entry in the story of Herbert Jacobson, one of the USS Oklahoma's unknowns who had since been identified and buried at Arlington National Cemetery. I wrote about this story in seven of my eight blogs today.
Brad McDonald has a half-inch thick booklet containing the massive amount of technology and analysis used to identify his uncle and the other USS Oklahoma unknowns.
Of the 429 crewmen killed on the ship, 22 are still unidentified, likely because DNA samples from relatives weren't available, Brad McDonald said. He and other family members are traveling from Wisconin for the burial simply feel fortunate to have closure.
"It's a solemn occasion, but there's a sense of joy involved because we've been waiting a long time for this," he said. "For me, it's nothing short of a miracle that they can identify someone who died 81 years ago."
A Great Story.
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