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Family Of Unaccounted For USS Oklahoma Sailor Wouldn't 'Let Him Go'

11:14am April 20, 2015

Edwin Hopkins was on the USS Oklahoma when it was attacked in Pearl Harbor, and was one of hundreds buried as an unknown. His family is grateful for the decision to try to ID some of the remains.

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A gravestone identifying the resting place of seven unknowns from the USS Oklahoma is shown at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu. The Pentagon says it will disinter and try to identify the remains of up to 388 unaccounted for sailo

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Pentagon To Exhume Remains Of Sailors From USS Oklahoma

3:04pm April 15, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

The ship with 429 sailors and Marines capsized Dec. 7, 1941, in the attack on Pearl Harbor; 388 were unidentified. The Pentagon decision, citing scientific advances in DNA testing, marks a reversal.