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Star Spangled Salute-80 Years Later a Kansas Veteran is Finally Laid to Rest

Star Spangled Salute-80 Years Later a Kansas Veteran is Finally Laid to Rest

Star Spangled Salute-80 Years Later a Kansas Veteran is Finally Laid to Rest

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Today’s Star Spangled Salute honors Seaman Second Class Pete Turk.  So many lives were lost on December 7, 1941 when Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese.  Pete Turk was one of those lives. Seaman Turk was one of 104 sailors and marines to be killed aboard the USS California . In 2018, the Defense POW Accounting Agency began reexamining unidentified remains from the USS California. Turk is one of over 20 unidentified remains and on October 1st of last year he became the first one identified.  When his relatives were asked what they wanted to do next for Pete, they said, “Bring him home to Kansas”.  A service was held Monday and now Pete, originally from Scammon Kansas, now lies in the Kansas Veterans Cemetery in Manhattan, Kansas. His family says they are happy to see him back home.  Welcome home Pete and THANK YOU for your service.

 

 

 

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