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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Members of the Patriot Guard Riders stand at attention during the reinterment of Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker at the Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943 during World War Two. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Members of the US Marine Corps Honor Guard carry the casket bearing the remains of US Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker into Whitaker's reinterment ceremony in Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.             PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Members of the US Marine Corps Honor Guard fold the US flag at the reinterment service of US Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker. The flag was presented to surviving family members. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: US Marine Corps First Sgt. MICHAEL SODERGREN holds a folded United States flag during the reinterment service of US Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker in Glendale Cemetery. The flag was presented to Whitaker's family. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Members of the US Marine Corps Honor Guard carry the casket bearing the remains of US Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker into Whitaker's reinterment ceremony in Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.             PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Members of the US Marine Corps Honor Guard carry the casket bearing the remains of US Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker into Whitaker's reinterment ceremony in Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.             PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: The hearse carrying the remains of Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker arrives in Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943 during World War Two. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Members of the Patriot Guard Riders stand at attention during the reinterment of Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker at the Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943 during World War Two. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: US Marine Corps veterans bow their heads during the reinterment service of US Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker in Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: A U.S. Marine Corps bugler plays Taps at the reinterment service of US Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Members of the Patriot Guard Riders walk into the reinterment service for Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker at the Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943 during World War Two. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Members of the Patriot Guard Riders file out of Glendale Cemetery after the reinterment of Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker at the Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943 during World War Two. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: US Marine Corps veterans bow their heads during the reinterment service of US Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker in Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Members of the Patriot Guard Riders stand at attention during the reinterment service for Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker at the Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943 during World War Two. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Members of the Patriot Guard Riders file out of Glendale Cemetery after the reinterment of Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker at the Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943 during World War Two. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: A member of the US Marine Corps Honor Guard comforts a family member of US Marine Reserve Corps Private Channing Whitaker during the reinterment service for Whitaker. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Members of the Patriot Guard Riders stand at attention during the reinterment of Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker at the Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943 during World War Two. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Members of the Patriot Guard Riders stand at attention during the reinterment of Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker at the Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943 during World War Two. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA:  U.S. Marine Corps Maj. JOHN SHECKELLS, left, and a member of the Marine Corps Honor Guard fold the US flag during the reinterment service of US Marine Reserve Corps Private Channing Whitaker. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA:  U.S. Marine Corps Maj. JOHN SHECKELLS, left, and a member of the Marine Corps Honor Guard fold the US flag during the reinterment service of US Marine Reserve Corps Private Channing Whitaker. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA:  U.S. Marine Corps Maj. JOHN SHECKELLS, left, and a member of the Marine Corps Honor Guard fold the US flag during the reinterment service of US Marine Reserve Corps Private Channing Whitaker. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA:  U.S. Marine Corps Maj. JOHN SHECKELLS, left, and a member of the Marine Corps Honor Guard fold the US flag during the reinterment service of US Marine Reserve Corps Private Channing Whitaker. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Members of the US Marine Corps Honor Guard fold the US flag at the reinterment service of US Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker. The flag was presented to surviving family members. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: A U.S. Marine Corps bugler plays Taps at the reinterment service of US Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: U.S. Marine Maj. JOHN SHECKELLS salutes the casket of US Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker during Whitaker's reinterment service. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: US Marine Corps First Sgt. MICHAEL SODERGREN holds a folded United States flag during the reinterment service of US Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker in Glendale Cemetery. The flag was presented to Whitaker's family. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: US Marine Corps First Sgt. MICHAEL SODERGREN holds a folded United States flag during the reinterment service of US Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker in Glendale Cemetery. The flag was presented to Whitaker's family. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: US Marine Corps First Sgt. MICHAEL SODERGREN holds a folded United States flag during the reinterment service of US Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker in Glendale Cemetery. The flag was presented to Whitaker's family. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Members of the Patriot Guard Riders stand at attention during the reinterment service for Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker at the Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943 during World War Two. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Members of the US Marine Corps Honor Guard carry the casket bearing the remains of US Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker into Whitaker's reinterment ceremony in Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.             PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Members of the US Marine Corps Honor Guard carry the casket bearing the remains of US Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker into Whitaker's reinterment ceremony in Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.             PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Members of the US Marine Corps Honor Guard carry the casket bearing the remains of US Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker into Whitaker's reinterment ceremony in Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.             PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Members of the US Marine Corps Honor Guard carry the casket bearing the remains of US Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker into Whitaker's reinterment ceremony in Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.             PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: A U.S. Marine Corps bugler plays Taps at the reinterment service of US Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Members of the Patriot Guard Riders file out of Glendale Cemetery after the reinterment of Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker at the Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943 during World War Two. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: A member of the Patriot Guard Riders makes a presentation to the family of US Marine Reserve Corps Private Channing Whitaker during Whitaker's reinterment service in Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Members of the US Marine Corps Honor Guard fold the US flag at the reinterment service of US Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker. The flag was presented to surviving family members. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Members of the US Marine Corps Honor Guard fold the US flag at the reinterment service of US Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker. The flag was presented to surviving family members. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: US Marine Corps veterans bow their heads during the reinterment service of US Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker in Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Family members of US Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker bow their heads during Whitaker's reinterment service in Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Members of the Patriot Guard Riders stand at attention during the reinterment service for Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker at the Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943 during World War Two. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Members of the US Marine Corps Honor Guard carry the casket bearing the remains of US Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker into Whitaker's reinterment ceremony in Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.             PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Members of the US Marine Corps Honor Guard carry the casket bearing the remains of US Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker into Whitaker's reinterment ceremony in Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.             PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Members of the Patriot Guard Riders stand at attention during the reinterment service for Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker at the Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943 during World War Two. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Members of the Patriot Guard Riders file out of Glendale Cemetery after the reinterment of Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker at the Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943 during World War Two. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Members of the Patriot Guard Riders stand at attention during the reinterment service for Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker at the Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943 during World War Two. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA:  U.S. Marine Corps Maj. JOHN SHECKELLS, left, and a member of the Marine Corps Honor Guard fold the US flag during the reinterment service of US Marine Reserve Corps Private Channing Whitaker. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Members of the US Marine Corps Honor Guard fold the US flag at the reinterment service of US Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker. The flag was presented to surviving family members. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: US Marine Corps veterans bow their heads during the reinterment service of US Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker in Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Family members of US Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker bow their heads during Whitaker's reinterment service in Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: US Marine Corps First Sgt. MICHAEL SODERGREN holds a folded United States flag during the reinterment service of US Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker in Glendale Cemetery. The flag was presented to Whitaker's family. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Members of the US Marine Corps Honor Guard carry the casket bearing the remains of US Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker into Whitaker's reinterment ceremony in Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.             PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Members of the US Marine Corps Honor Guard carry the casket bearing the remains of US Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker into Whitaker's reinterment ceremony in Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.             PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Members of the US Marine Corps Honor Guard carry the casket bearing the remains of US Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker into Whitaker's reinterment ceremony in Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.             PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: RICHARD SCHWERDTFEGER, a Vietnam era US Air Force veteran, carries the Gold Star flag to the grave side service for Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943 during World War Two. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: RICHARD SCHWERDTFEGER, a Vietnam era US Air Force veteran, carries the Gold Star flag to the grave side service for Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943 during World War Two. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MARCH 2010 - SURPRISE, AZ: County inmate Payne (LAST NAME ONLY) and other inmates on the "Chain Gang" pull a casket out of the funeral home panel van during the interment of indigent county residents in White Tanks Cemetery on Camelback Rd. in an unincorporated part of the county near Surprise. The county spent about $2.5 million to inter indigent people in what is Maricopa County's "potters field." About 3,000 people, children and adults, are buried in the dusty field west of Phoenix.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MARCH 2010 - SURPRISE, AZ: Inmates on the "Chain Gang" pull a casket out of the funeral home panel van during the interment of indigent county residents in White Tanks Cemetery on Camelback Rd. in an unincorporated part of the county near Surprise. The county spent about $2.5 million to inter indigent people in what is Maricopa County's "potters field." About 3,000 people, children and adults, are buried in the dusty field west of Phoenix.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MARCH 2010 - SURPRISE, AZ: Inmates on the "Chain Gang" pull a casket out of the funeral home panel van during the interment of indigent county residents in White Tanks Cemetery on Camelback Rd. in an unincorporated part of the county near Surprise. The county spent about $2.5 million to inter indigent people in what is Maricopa County's "potters field." About 3,000 people, children and adults, are buried in the dusty field west of Phoenix.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 OCTOBER 2013 - PHOENIX, AZ: A US Army bugler performs Taps during a ceremony honoring the interment of the cremated remains of US military veterans in Phoenix. The cremated remains of 36 unclaimed US military veterans were interred at the National Memorial Cemetery in Phoenix. Members of the US military and several hundred veterans of the US military attended the service, which was a part of the Missing In America Project (MIAP).     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 OCTOBER 2013 - PHOENIX, AZ: A US Army bugler performs Taps during a ceremony honoring the interment of the cremated remains of US military veterans in Phoenix. The cremated remains of 36 unclaimed US military veterans were interred at the National Memorial Cemetery in Phoenix. Members of the US military and several hundred veterans of the US military attended the service, which was a part of the Missing In America Project (MIAP).     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MARCH 2010 - SURPRISE, AZ: Tom Lanphear (CQ) from Phoenix, places flowers and dirt in the shape of a cross on the caskets during burials in White Tanks Cemetery on Camelback Rd. in an unincorporated part of the county near Surprise. The county spent about $2.5 million to inter indigent people in what is Maricopa County's "potters field." About 3,000 people, children and adults, are buried in the dusty field west of Phoenix.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MARCH 2010 - SURPRISE, AZ:  County inmate Robert Henderson straightens coffins after they've been lowered into the graves in White Tanks Cemetery on Camelback Rd. in an unincorporated part of the county near Surprise. The county spent about $2.5 million to inter indigent people in what is Maricopa County's "potters field." About 3,000 people, children and adults, are buried in the dusty field west of Phoenix.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MARCH 2010 - SURPRISE, AZ: County inmate Robert Henderson watches Sister Mary Ruth Dittman (CQ) sprinkle holy water on a casket in White Tanks Cemetery on Camelback Rd. in an unincorporated part of the county near Surprise. The county spent about $2.5 million to inter indigent people in what is Maricopa County's "potters field." About 3,000 people, children and adults, are buried in the dusty field west of Phoenix.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MARCH 2010 - SURPRISE, AZ:  Maricopa County Detention Officer Halucha (CQ) helps inmates bury a person in White Tanks Cemetery on Camelback Rd. in an unincorporated part of the county near Surprise. The county spent about $2.5 million to inter indigent people in what is Maricopa County's "potters field."  About 3,000 people, children and adults, are buried in the dusty field west of Phoenix.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MARCH 2010 - SURPRISE, AZ: Sister Mary Ruth Dittman (CQ) sprinkles holy water on a casket in White Tanks Cemetery on Camelback Rd. in an unincorporated part of the county near Surprise. The county spent about $2.5 million to inter indigent people in what is Maricopa County's "potters field." About 3,000 people, children and adults, are buried in the dusty field west of Phoenix.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MARCH 2010 - SURPRISE, AZ: Tom Lanphear (CQ) from Phoenix, places flowers and dirt in the shape of a cross on the caskets during burials in White Tanks Cemetery on Camelback Rd. in an unincorporated part of the county near Surprise. The county spent about $2.5 million to inter indigent people in what is Maricopa County's "potters field." About 3,000 people, children and adults, are buried in the dusty field west of Phoenix.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MARCH 2010 - SURPRISE, AZ:  A casket in White Tanks Cemetery on Camelback Rd. in an unincorporated part of the county near Surprise. The county spent about $2.5 million to inter indigent people in what is Maricopa County's "potters field." About 3,000 people, children and adults, are buried in the dusty field west of Phoenix.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MARCH 2010 - SURPRISE, AZ: Tom Lanphear (CQ) from Phoenix, places flowers and dirt in the shape of a cross on the caskets during burials in White Tanks Cemetery on Camelback Rd. in an unincorporated part of the county near Surprise. The county spent about $2.5 million to inter indigent people in what is Maricopa County's "potters field." About 3,000 people, children and adults, are buried in the dusty field west of Phoenix.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MARCH 2010 - SURPRISE, AZ:  Deacon Charles Shaw (CQ), Sts. Simon and Jude Cathedral, officiates at the funerals for indigent people in White Tanks Cemetery on Camelback Rd. in an unincorporated part of the county near Surprise. The county spent about $2.5 million to inter indigent people in what is Maricopa County's "potters field." About 3,000 people, children and adults, are buried in the dusty field west of Phoenix.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MARCH 2010 - SURPRISE, AZ: Tom Lanphear (CQ) LEFT from Phoenix, places flowers and dirt in the shape of a cross on the caskets during burials in White Tanks Cemetery on Camelback Rd. in an unincorporated part of the county near Surprise. County Detention Officer Halucha (CQ) watches the inmates while Sister Mary Ruth Dittman (CQ) and Deacon Charles Shaw (CQ) officiate. The county spent about $2.5 million to inter indigent people in what is Maricopa County's "potters field." About 3,000 people, children and adults, are buried in the dusty field west of Phoenix.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MARCH 2010 - SURPRISE, AZ: Tom Lanphear (CQ) from Phoenix, places flowers and dirt in the shape of a cross on the caskets, including the casket of an unknown man, during burials in White Tanks Cemetery on Camelback Rd. in an unincorporated part of the county near Surprise. The county spent about $2.5 million to inter indigent people in what is Maricopa County's "potters field."  About 3,000 people, children and adults, are buried in the dusty field west of Phoenix.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MARCH 2010 - SURPRISE, AZ:  Members of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Dept "Chain Gang" work to bury people in White Tanks Cemetery on Camelback Rd. in an unincorporated part of the county near Surprise. The county spent about $2.5 million to inter indigent people in what is Maricopa County's "potters field." About 3,000 people, children and adults, are buried in the dusty field west of Phoenix.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2004 - WINDOW ROCK, AZ: A traditional Navajo song and dance during the 58th annual Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, AZ. The Navajo Nation Fair is the largest annual event in Window Rock, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, the largest Indian reservation in the US. The Navajo Nation Fair is one of the largest Native American events in the United States and features traditional Navajo events, like fry bread making contests, pow-wows and an all Indian rodeo. Traditional Navajo song and dance competitions are not as flashy as pow-wows and they are not as fast paced as the larger inter tribal pow-wows that take place during the fair.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2004 - WINDOW ROCK, AZ: A traditional Navajo song and dance during the 58th annual Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, AZ. The Navajo Nation Fair is the largest annual event in Window Rock, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, the largest Indian reservation in the US. The Navajo Nation Fair is one of the largest Native American events in the United States and features traditional Navajo events, like fry bread making contests, pow-wows and an all Indian rodeo. Traditional Navajo song and dance competitions are not as flashy as pow-wows and they are not as fast paced as the larger inter tribal pow-wows that take place during the fair.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2004 - WINDOW ROCK, AZ: A traditional Navajo song and dance during the 58th annual Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, AZ. The Navajo Nation Fair is the largest annual event in Window Rock, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, the largest Indian reservation in the US. The Navajo Nation Fair is one of the largest Native American events in the United States and features traditional Navajo events, like fry bread making contests, pow-wows and an all Indian rodeo. Traditional Navajo song and dance competitions are not as flashy as pow-wows and they are not as fast paced as the larger inter tribal pow-wows that take place during the fair.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2004 - WINDOW ROCK, AZ: A traditional Navajo song and dance during the 58th annual Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, AZ. The Navajo Nation Fair is the largest annual event in Window Rock, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, the largest Indian reservation in the US. The Navajo Nation Fair is one of the largest Native American events in the United States and features traditional Navajo events, like fry bread making contests, pow-wows and an all Indian rodeo. Traditional Navajo song and dance competitions are not as flashy as pow-wows and they are not as fast paced as the larger inter tribal pow-wows that take place during the fair.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2004 - WINDOW ROCK, AZ: A traditional Navajo song and dance during the 58th annual Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, AZ. The Navajo Nation Fair is the largest annual event in Window Rock, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, the largest Indian reservation in the US. The Navajo Nation Fair is one of the largest Native American events in the United States and features traditional Navajo events, like fry bread making contests, pow-wows and an all Indian rodeo. Traditional Navajo song and dance competitions are not as flashy as pow-wows and they are not as fast paced as the larger inter tribal pow-wows that take place during the fair.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 JUNE 2018 - SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA:  South Koreans listen to speakers during a rally to mark the anniversary of the signing of the June 15th North–South Joint Declaration between South Korea and North Korea. A placard honor the recent inter Korean summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in is in the crowd. The Declaration was negotiated by late South Korean President Kim Dae-jung and North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and signed on 15 June 2000. It was a part of South Korea's "Sunshine Policy," which guides the South's relationship with North Korea. This year's observance of the anniversary was bolstered by the recent thawing in relations between North Korea and South Korea and the US.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 JUNE 2018 - SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: South Korean teenagers, one with a placard honoring the inter Korean summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, the other holding a placard honoring the Singapore Summit between Kim and US President Donald Trump during a rally to mark the anniversary of the signing of the June 15th North–South Joint Declaration between South Korea and North Korea. The Declaration was negotiated by late South Korean President Kim Dae-jung and North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and signed on 15 June 2000. It was a part of South Korea's "Sunshine Policy," which guides the South's relationship with North Korea. This year's observance of the anniversary was bolstered by the recent thawing in relations between North Korea and South Korea and the US.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MARCH 2010 - SURPRISE, AZ: Sister Mary Ruth Dittman (CQ) sprinkles holy water on a casket in White Tanks Cemetery on Camelback Rd. in an unincorporated part of the county near Surprise. The county spent about $2.5 million to inter indigent people in what is Maricopa County's "potters field." About 3,000 people, children and adults, are buried in the dusty field west of Phoenix.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MARCH 2010 - SURPRISE, AZ:  County inmate Robert Henderson straightens coffins after they've been lowered into the graves in White Tanks Cemetery on Camelback Rd. in an unincorporated part of the county near Surprise. The county spent about $2.5 million to inter indigent people in what is Maricopa County's "potters field." About 3,000 people, children and adults, are buried in the dusty field west of Phoenix.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MARCH 2010 - SURPRISE, AZ:  Indigent people who die in Maricopa County are buried in White Tanks Cemetery on Camelback Rd. in an unincorporated part of the county near Surprise. The county spent about $2.5 million to inter indigent people in what is Maricopa County's "potters field." About 3,000 people, children and adults, are buried in the dusty field west of Phoenix.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MARCH 2010 - SURPRISE, AZ:  Indigent people who die in Maricopa County are buried in White Tanks Cemetery on Camelback Rd. in an unincorporated part of the county near Surprise. The county spent about $2.5 million to inter indigent people in what is Maricopa County's "potters field." About 3,000 people, children and adults, are buried in the dusty field west of Phoenix.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MARCH 2010 - SURPRISE, AZ:  Deacon Charles Shaw (CQ), Sts. Simon and Jude Cathedral, officiates at the funerals for indigent people in White Tanks Cemetery on Camelback Rd. in an unincorporated part of the county near Surprise. The county spent about $2.5 million to inter indigent people in what is Maricopa County's "potters field." About 3,000 people, children and adults, are buried in the dusty field west of Phoenix.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MARCH 2010 - SURPRISE, AZ:  Members of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Dept "Chain Gang" work to bury people in White Tanks Cemetery on Camelback Rd. in an unincorporated part of the county near Surprise. The county spent about $2.5 million to inter indigent people in what is Maricopa County's "potters field." About 3,000 people, children and adults, are buried in the dusty field west of Phoenix.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MARCH 2010 - SURPRISE, AZ:  Members of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Dept "Chain Gang" work to bury people in White Tanks Cemetery on Camelback Rd. in an unincorporated part of the county near Surprise. The county spent about $2.5 million to inter indigent people in what is Maricopa County's "potters field." About 3,000 people, children and adults, are buried in the dusty field west of Phoenix.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2004 - WINDOW ROCK, AZ: A traditional Navajo song and dance during the 58th annual Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, AZ. The Navajo Nation Fair is the largest annual event in Window Rock, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, the largest Indian reservation in the US. The Navajo Nation Fair is one of the largest Native American events in the United States and features traditional Navajo events, like fry bread making contests, pow-wows and an all Indian rodeo. Traditional Navajo song and dance competitions are not as flashy as pow-wows and they are not as fast paced as the larger inter tribal pow-wows that take place during the fair.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 AUGUST 2020 - RUNNELLS, IOWA: American flags line the driveway into Lowman Cemetery in Runnells, IA. Pvt. Roy Brown Jr. was interred in the cemetery today. He was a US Army soldier in World War II. He was an infantryman in the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, serving in the Australian Territory of Papua (now Papua New Guinea). He went missing in action on Dec. 2, 1942. Unidentified remains were recovered on Feb. 2, 1943 and were eventually interred in the Manila American Cemetery. On May 14, 2019, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency using dental records, circumstantial evidence and DNA identified the remains as Pvt. Brown's. He was reinterred in the Lowman Cemetery in Runnells Saturday.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 OCTOBER 2013 - PHOENIX, AZ:  US military veterans at a ceremony interring the cremated remains of unclaimed US military veterans at the National Memorial Cemetery in Phoenix. The cremated remains of 36 unclaimed US military veterans were interred at the National Memorial Cemetery in Phoenix. Members of the US military and several hundred veterans of the US military attended the service, which was a part of the Missing In America Project (MIAP).   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 OCTOBER 2013 - PHOENIX, AZ: US military veterans at a ceremony interring the cremated remains of unclaimed US military veterans at the National Memorial Cemetery in Phoenix. The cremated remains of 36 unclaimed US military veterans were interred at the National Memorial Cemetery in Phoenix. Members of the US military and several hundred veterans of the US military attended the service, which was a part of the Missing In America Project (MIAP).    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 OCTOBER 2013 - PHOENIX, AZ:  A US military veteran bows his head in prayer at a ceremony interring the cremated remains of unclaimed US military veterans at the National Memorial Cemetery in Phoenix. The cremated remains of 36 unclaimed US military veterans were interred at the National Memorial Cemetery in Phoenix. Members of the US military and several hundred veterans of the US military attended the service, which was a part of the Missing In America Project (MIAP).   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 OCTOBER 2013 - PHOENIX, AZ: A US Marine stands at attention at a ceremony interring the cremated remains of unclaimed US military veterans at the National Memorial Cemetery in Phoenix. The cremated remains of 36 unclaimed US military veterans were interred at the National Memorial Cemetery in Phoenix. Members of the US military and several hundred veterans of the US military attended the service, which was a part of the Missing In America Project (MIAP).     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 OCTOBER 2013 - PHOENIX, AZ: US military veterans stand at attention at a ceremony interring the cremated remains of unclaimed US military veterans at the National Memorial Cemetery in Phoenix. The cremated remains of 36 unclaimed US military veterans were interred at the National Memorial Cemetery in Phoenix. Members of the US military and several hundred veterans of the US military attended the service, which was a part of the Missing In America Project (MIAP).      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 OCTOBER 2013 - PHOENIX, AZ: US military veterans hold American flags at a ceremony interring the cremated remains of unclaimed US military veterans at the National Memorial Cemetery in Phoenix. The cremated remains of 36 unclaimed US military veterans were interred at the National Memorial Cemetery in Phoenix. Members of the US military and several hundred veterans of the US military attended the service, which was a part of the Missing In America Project (MIAP).    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 OCTOBER 2013 - PHOENIX, AZ: US military veterans salute at a ceremony interring the cremated remains of unclaimed US military veterans at the National Memorial Cemetery in Phoenix. The cremated remains of 36 unclaimed US military veterans were interred at the National Memorial Cemetery in Phoenix. Members of the US military and several hundred veterans of the US military attended the service, which was a part of the Missing In America Project (MIAP).     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 OCTOBER 2013 - PHOENIX, AZ: US military veterans salute at a ceremony interring the cremated remains of unclaimed US military veterans at the National Memorial Cemetery in Phoenix. The cremated remains of 36 unclaimed US military veterans were interred at the National Memorial Cemetery in Phoenix. Members of the US military and several hundred veterans of the US military attended the service, which was a part of the Missing In America Project (MIAP).     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 OCTOBER 2013 - PHOENIX, AZ: US military veterans hold American flags at a ceremony interring the cremated remains of unclaimed US military veterans at the National Memorial Cemetery in Phoenix. The cremated remains of 36 unclaimed US military veterans were interred at the National Memorial Cemetery in Phoenix. Members of the US military and several hundred veterans of the US military attended the service, which was a part of the Missing In America Project (MIAP).    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 AUGUST 2020 - RUNNELLS, IOWA: The Veterans' Memorial in Lowman Cemetery in Runnells, IA. Pvt. Roy Brown Jr. was interred in the cemetery today. He was a US Army soldier in World War II. He was an infantryman in the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, serving in the Australian Territory of Papua (now Papua New Guinea). He went missing in action on Dec. 2, 1942. Unidentified remains were recovered on Feb. 2, 1943 and were eventually interred in the Manila American Cemetery. On May 14, 2019, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency using dental records, circumstantial evidence and DNA identified the remains as Pvt. Brown's. He was reinterred in the Lowman Cemetery in Runnells Saturday.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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