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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRemains of US soldier lost in Korean War come home
Clara Gantt, the 94-year-old widow of U.S. Army Sgt. Joseph Gantt, weeps in front of her husband's casket after it was lowered from the plane, Friday, Dec. 20, 2013 in Los Angeles. Sixty-three years after Army Sgt. 1st Class Joseph E. Gantt went missing in action during the Korean War, his remains were returned to his 94-year-old widow in a solemn ceremony at Los Angeles International Airport before dawn Friday. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Times, Andrew Renneisen, Pool)(Credit: AP)
Friday, Dec 20, 2013 09:45 PM EST
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) Sixty-three years after Army Sgt. 1st Class Joseph E. Gantt went missing in action during the Korean War, his remains were returned to his 94-year-old widow in a solemn ceremony at Los Angeles International Airport before dawn Friday.
Clara Gantt wept as she stood in the cold before the flag-draped casket that was carried from a jetliner by military honor guard.
He told me if anything happened to him he wanted me to remarry. I told him no, no. Here I am, still his wife, she told reporters.
Joseph Gantt was reported missing in action on Nov. 30, 1950, while serving with Battery C, 503rd Field Artillery, 2nd Infantry Division, according to the Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office in Washington, D.C.
According to the office, elements of the 2nd Infantry Division were attacked by greater numbers of Chinese forces near the town of Kunu-ri, North Korea. The division disengaged and withdrew, fighting its way through a series of Chinese roadblocks. Numerous U.S. soldiers were reported missing that day in the vicinity of Somindong, North Korea.
http://www.salon.com/2013/12/21/remains_of_us_soldier_lost_in_korean_war_come_home/
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Remains of US soldier lost in Korean War come home (Original Post)
rug
Dec 2013
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TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)1. She waited for him, for 63 years, to come home.
That photo just brings tears to my eyes.
rug
(82,333 posts)2. This is who she waited for.
R.I.P.
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)4. Handsome young man...
Aristus
(66,587 posts)7. Very good-looking...
So totally All-American...
"I'm still his wife."
I was okay up until then...
petronius
(26,616 posts)6. Mine, too. And they had such a short time together...
It's a powerful story, and image.
riverwalker
(8,694 posts)3. rest in peace Joseph
Kaleva
(36,448 posts)5. Wow. I'm at a loss for words.
Thanks for posting.
janlyn
(735 posts)9. That my friends,
is true love and devotion! Bless her heart she never gave up hope! Broke my heart to see her cry!
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