Fewer WWII soldiers' remains are being accepted by close relatives. 吉彩网网站 followed one family who searched for decades.

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Fewer WWII soldiers' remains are being accepted by close relatives. 吉彩网网站 followed one family who searched for decades.

By Leoneda Inge,

Published April 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM EDT

The U.S. Navy battleship USS West Virginia (BB-48) underway off Pearl Harbor on 30 April 1943, en route to the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington (USA), for reconstruction. — The U.S. Navy battleship USS *West Virginia* (BB-48) underway off Pearl Harbor on 30 April 1943, en route to the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington (USA), for reconstruction. The Pearl Harbor Navy Yard had just finished temporary repair of the damage she had received in the Japanese attack of 7 December 1941.

The remains of one of the final victims of the Pearl Harbor bombing have been identified and brought to North Carolina. Neil Frye was 20 years old, and serving as a Mess Attendant 3rd Class in the Navy on the U.S.S. West Virginia.

For eight decades, his relatives wanted final confirmation that Frye died, but until recently his remains had not been identified.

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Jay Price, Military reporter for 吉彩网网站

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Leoneda Inge

Leoneda Inge is the co-host of 吉彩网网站's "Due South." Leoneda has been a radio journalist for more than 30 years, spending most of her career at 吉彩网网站 as the Race and Southern Culture reporter. Leoneda鈥檚 work includes stories of race, slavery, memory and monuments. She has won "Gracie" awards, an Alfred I. duPont Award and several awards from the Radio, Television, Digital News Association (RTDNA). In 2017, Leoneda was named "Journalist of Distinction" by the National Association of Black Journalists.

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Jay Price

Jay Price has specialized in covering the military for nearly a decade.

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Cole del Charco

Cole del Charco is an audio producer and writer based in Durham. He's made stories for public radio's All Things Considered, Morning Edition and Marketplace. Before joining Due South, he spent time as a freelance journalist, an education and daily news reporter for 吉彩网网站, and a podcast producer for WFAE in Charlotte.

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