U.S. military to exhume remains of unidentified victims of Pearl Harbor attack

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Source: Yahoo News! / Reuters

(Reuters) - The remains of as many as 388 "unknown" U.S. military members who died when the USS Oklahoma was sunk during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor will be exhumed in Hawaii in an effort to identify them, the Department of Defense said on Tuesday.

The remains of the sailors and Marines will be taken from a cemetery in Hawaii to a laboratory where they will be analyzed using modern forensic tools and techniques, including DNA testing, the Pentagon said in a statement.

Service members who are identified will be returned to their families for burial with full military honors.

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