Mann Whyatt displays photos of her uncle, William Edward Mann, who died on the USS Arizona during the bombing of Pearl Harbor, at her home in Newcastle, Washington. In recent years, the US military has taken advantage of advances in DNA technology to identify the remains of hundreds of sailors and Marines who died in the 1941 bombing of Pearl Harbor and has sent them home to their families across the country for burial. The remains of 85 unknowns from the USS Arizona, which lost more men during the attack than any other ship, haven't received this treatment, however. — AP
HONOLULU: William Edward Mann enlisted in the Navy after graduating from high school in rural Washington state. A guitar player, he picked up the ukulele while stationed in Hawaii.
He’s been presumed dead since Dec 7, 1941, when Japanese planes bombed Pearl Harbor and set off a massive explosion that sank his battleship, the USS Arizona, launching the US into World War II.
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Mann Whyatt displays photos of her uncle, William Edward Mann, who died on the USS Arizona during the bombing of Pearl Harbor, at her home in Newcastle, Washington. In recent years, the US military has taken advantage of advances in DNA technology to identify the remains of hundreds of sailors and Marines who died in the 1941 bombing of Pearl Harbor and has sent them home to their families across the country for burial. The remains of 85 unknowns from the USS Arizona, which lost more men during the attack than any other ship, haven't received this treatment, however. — AP
Photos of sailor William Edward Mann and a letter written from him and post-marked from the USS Arizona, where he died during the bombing of Pearl Harbor, are displayed at the home of his niece, Teri Mann Whyatt, in Newcastle, Washington. — AP
A grave marker for an unknown casualty from the USS Arizona is shown at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu. McKeague told The Associated Press that what he said about identifications not being pragmatic referred to the lack of documentation, not the cost. — AP
A grave marker for an unknown casualty from the USS Arizona is shown at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu. Advances in DNA technology have allowed the US military to exhume and identify the remains of hundreds of sailors and Marines buried as unknowns from the bombing of Pearl Harbor, decades after the 1941 attack that launched the US into World War II. But the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency says it won't be able to do the same for those from the battleship that lost the most men that day: the USS Arizona. — AP
