A Korean War veteran - whose cremated remains have been missing since 2017 in Alaska - has been returned to his family in Arkansas thanks to the efforts of a Soldotna resident and veteran-based nonprofit S.O.L.V.E. Alaska.
SOLDOTNA, Alaska - When the cremated remains of a Korean War veteran showed up at the steps of an AMVETS poston the Kenai Peninsula, Soldotna resident Jacquie Lane made it her mission to find his family and return him home.“I had exhausted all of my options to try and find his family — social media, obituaries, things like that,” Lane said.
Lane said that when she contacted the veteran’s son to tell him that the remains showed up at the local AMVETS, he was understandably emotional. Before they sent the soldier to be reunited with his family, however, it was important to Lane and Bologna that the veteran be given an honorable sendoff, so they organized a ceremony at the Soldotna Post Office on Sept. 19.
Dozens of people attended, as Bologna carried a framed photo of the veteran into the office, followed by Lane holding the postal box that carried his ashes and burial flag. Military veterans saluted the soldier as he made his way down the sidewalk, while civilians observed silently.
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