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81 years after Pearl Harbor, a civilian-led effort to identify remains

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A Northern Virginia real estate agent has taken on a project to identify the remains of 85 or more sailors and Marines killed aboard the USS Arizona

Kevin Kline grew up hearing stories about his great-uncle, Robert Kline, a 22-year-old sailor who perished aboard the USS Arizona when it was destroyed by Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. He collected photos of him in his Navy uniform and framed the Feb. 6, 1942, front page of the local newspaper in western New York that blared “Olean Boy Dies On Arizona” in a banner headline. He thought occasionally about his great-uncle’s final terrifying moments.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/06/07/uss-arizona-pearl-harbor-dna/