Remains of Georgian killed in Pearl Harbor attack returning to US
By CHRISTOPHER QUINN | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Published: April 23, 2021 ATLANTA (Tribune News Service) — After a 79-year wait, the remains of William E. Blanchard, a Georgian killed in the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, are coming home. The body of the sailor who died when he was 24 years old finally has been identified, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Friday morning. Blanchard — from Tignall, a tiny community near Athens — will be buried June 7 in North Carolina. That leaves just one unidentified Georgia service member who died in the surprise attack that d...
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