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Yesterday, our small North Dakota town of about 300 people welcomed home Navy soldier Lawrence Fecho from Pearl Harbor.
Full military ceremony with soldiers from all over the states stood alongside our local veterans.
People from all around the state and country lined the streets of Willow City to welcome home their fallen soldier 76 years later. I was honored to be apart of this history and thought it was too cool not to share with Imgurians.
Vazhox
Thank you for sharing. Many of us appreciate it. RIP.
Pr0Pain
Soldier 76, heh
CrazyGuyOnABike
I actually rode my bike through that town. It was a very friendly place. Wishing you all the best, & thank you for your service, Mr. Fecho.
CoolBreeze36
Fair winds...
BaconLord49
That bike in the background, the one on the right? Ohh yes that's a badass ride
TheUSSRegularity
Hello from the center of ND!
goralia33210
rattlebone10
Very proud of him.
modsquad0
Welcome home. Sorry Brother..
iwentdoodie
Sailor*
TheHungryPenguin
Scamsquatch
A heroes welcome
Therealburningman27
The Wilbert way
IVerifyPeoplesUsernames
Did...did you just call members of the Navy "soldiers"?
HawkthePlayer
One of the most down on your knees, humbling sights I have ever seen, is the sheer size of military cemeteries in your country. I 1/2
HawkthePlayer
am sincerely thankful for the sacrifices that have been made for peace, by the common people. Rest in peace.
ChupaChena
He'll be forever frozen in time, young...a life cut short...his family not knowing where his body was...all the while life goes on and 1/?
ChupaChena
his loved ones wondering if he is at peace and if they'll ever see him again in the other side :'( and for what?
Lenomedeplume
Amazing...no mention of WHY he was just returned home. Repost. . .
Catonthelathe
Unthinkable here in Germany.
zenoshogun
Considering the rather small number of German deaths at Pearl Harbour I would have to agree.
Catonthelathe
Oh geez...you guys still think the japanese attacked you...Yea...like...eh..near to no germans.
youngliliii
Wait...people live in North Dakota?!?
ImMuddy
I do!
chrisharddick
Every North Dakotan was in that post
overboard
more sauce! Was his body just discovered?
HardRockAnal
No, he washed ashore.
toffeeonion
It seems his body was exhumed from it's grave in Hawaii, tested, then returned to his home.
GamesDean
Part of a DoD project to identify previously unidentified bodies (at the time of burial) and return them to their families.
BklynPunisher
Morgiek8
It was discovered through DNA testing in May and he was brought back to North Dakota on Friday!
overboard
I mean, why would they exhume the corpse(s) to even do a DNA test? Seems odd, unless a body or bodies were newly found.
Morgiek8
I believe his body was newly found (unsure of those details) but they are working more on DNA testing to bring (1/2)
Morgiek8
The bodies they find back home for proper burial/closure.
BallsMcCracken
I wish I had known about it. I would have drove up. He deserves it.
MrHailstone
Why? For dying in a war 70 years ago? Thats mot what people deserve
Damnitimgur
Here is a bag of cocks...start where u want but suck them all
rfrostmiles
He deserves to be returned to his home and family.
TheTallDutchDude
Americans don't have a lot to be proud for.
chrisharddick
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