CENTERTOWN, Ky. (AP) The remains of two Kentucky men who died 80 years ago during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor were returned to the commonwealth this week for burial.
The remains of two Kentucky men who died 80 years ago during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor were returned to the commonwealth and buried thanks to DNA testing from relatives.
A nation slowly emerging from restrictions imposed by the coronavirus pandemic honored generations of U.S. veterans killed in the line of duty on a Memorial Day observed without the severe pandemic restrictions that affected the day of tribute just a year ago. Memorial Day parades and events were held in localities large and small across […]
The remains of two Kentucky men who died 80 years ago during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor were returned to the commonwealth this week for burial.
WNKY 40 News
May 21, 2021
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Friday morning in the Warren County Fiscal Court, the court took a moment to honor the late Howard Scott Magers who died in the bombing of Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.
His body was recently recovered from the S.S. Oklahoma and is in the process of coming home to Merry Oaks in Barren County to be buried in the plot next to his mother and father.
This has been a homecoming 80 years in the making.
Warren County Judge-Executive Mike Buchanon made the announcement this morning in order to honor Howard Scott Magers service to the nation.