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ARLINGTON, VA - OCTOBER 04: An American flag is folded over the casket containing the remains of seven missing U.S. Marines killed in World War II, during a group burial at at Arlington Cemetery, on October 4, 2012 in Arlington, Virginia. The Marines died when their U.S. Navy bomber went down on an island in a remote part of the South Pacific. A U.S. government survey team spent more than a decade excavating the site for bodies, military equipment and wreckage remains. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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Posted on October 4, 2012 at 3:21 PM
ARLINGTON, Virginia -- Seven missing U.S. Marines killed in World War II, during a group burial at Arlington Cemetery, on October 4, 2012 in Arlington, Virginia.
The Marines died when their U.S. Navy bomber went down on an island in a remote part of the South Pacific. A U.S. government survey team spent more than a decade excavating the site for bodies, military equipment and wreckage remains.
