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80 years after he died at Pearl Harbor, Minnesota hero is finally laid to rest at home


80 years after he died at Pearl Harbor, Minnesota hero is finally laid to rest at home
Neal Todd came home to be buried Saturday, July 10, in Akeley, after nearly 80 years on the Missing in Action list.
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Six U.S. Navy sailors pull Neal Todd s casket off the back of a horse-drawn funeral caisson for his burial with full military honors Saturday at the Akeley Cemetery. (Robin Fish/Enterprise, July 10, 2021)
AKELEY, Minn. If Neal Kenneth Todd had died last week, he would have been 101 years old.
Instead, the remains laid to rest Saturday, July 10, at the Akeley Cemetery were those of a 22-year-old U.S. Navy fireman who gave his life on Dec. 7, 1941, during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. ....

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Pearl Harbor Hero's Remains Come Home After Nearly 80 Years


UpdatedMon, Jul 12, 2021 at 3:58 pm CT
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The family of Neal Todd got confirmation just this year that their loved one was one of the Navy servicemen killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. (Shutterstock)
AKELEY, MN Closure was a long time coming for Orville Staffenhagen and his family. But the 88-year-old Minnesota man now finally knows for sure his brother, Neal Todd, was among the more than 2,400 Americans killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.
Uniformed military members, firefighters and Todd s relatives were among the sea of people awaiting Todd s remains as it arrived at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport last week, KARE and others have reported. It wasn t until earlier this year that it was confirmed that Todd, a Navy fireman first class, died while aboard the USS Oklahoma during the Pearl Harbor attack. ....

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