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GORHAM — John Hoskin remembers what his family thought after his older brother's plane failed to return from a test flight over the Alaskan wilderness during World War II.
"We all figured he was going to walk out some day," Hoskin said.
But 2nd Lt. Harold Hoskin, an Army Air Corps pilot, never walked out of the Yukon.
A crew member did survive, however, and his incredible return set off a chain of events that concludes this week when Harold Hoskin's remains are buried at Arlington National Cemetery more than 60 years after his death.
"He's able to get the military honors he deserves," said Mary Hoskin, John's wife.
It will be the fourth time this year that military officials have used DNA analysis to identify and return the remains of a missing Mainer to the family...
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=131925&ac=PHnws
"We all figured he was going to walk out some day," Hoskin said.
But 2nd Lt. Harold Hoskin, an Army Air Corps pilot, never walked out of the Yukon.
A crew member did survive, however, and his incredible return set off a chain of events that concludes this week when Harold Hoskin's remains are buried at Arlington National Cemetery more than 60 years after his death.
"He's able to get the military honors he deserves," said Mary Hoskin, John's wife.
It will be the fourth time this year that military officials have used DNA analysis to identify and return the remains of a missing Mainer to the family...
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=131925&ac=PHnws
