Their bodies were not recovered until the ship was raised much later. He was identified in 2019, but reburials were delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Jacobson was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery this past September.
McDonald's father was a friend of Jacobson's in boot camp at Great Lakes naval Station north of Chicago. The father met Jacobson's sister during a visit to Herbert's home in Grayslake and eventually married her. They've since passed away, never knowing what became of Jacobson's remains.
McDonald, who himself later served as a staff sergeant in the Air Force, said his uncle had considered his assignment to Hawaii like going to paradise.
Before Jacobson's reburial, the family placed a few momentos in the casket-- a USS Oklahoma baseball cap, a handkerchief from Jacobson's mother with the aroma of her perfume and a photo of their home in Grayslake.
"I was overwhelmed," McDonald said. "We've been waiting a long tme."
--GreGen
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