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January 26, 2024
A Holyoke, Mass., sailor who served on the USS California at Pearl Harbor will be buried Saturday, with flags across the state ordered to be raise to half-staff, Gov. Maura Healey announced.
January 18, 2024
A Holyoke sailor, one of 98 men of the battleship USS California killed in the Pearl Harbor attack Dec. 7, 1941, is returning having been identified through modern DNA technology.
December 7, 2022
Some remains recovered during a 1944 salvage attempt on the USS Utah, which sank at Pearl Harbor, have been disinterred and could be identified through DNA analysis.
July 7, 2022
After nearly 81 years, remains of those killed at Pearl Harbor are still being returned home after identification. Seaman First Class John Russell Melton will be returning home for burial on July 9, at the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church. Melton was one of 2,403 U.S. personnel that died at the attac
December 7, 2021
On Tuesday, the Navy will rebury unidentifiable remains from 429 sailors and Marines killed on the USS Oklahoma, marking the close of a six-year identification project.