Missing Remains of WWII Marine Finally Returned to Texas…(Welcome Home, My Brother)

Sunday, May 29, 2016
By Paul Martin

by BOB PRICE
BreitBart.com
29 May 2016

The remains of a U.S. Marine who was killed in action during World War II finally completed the 70-year journey from a South Pacific atoll to his home in Texas. His body has been missing since 1943.

In November 1943, U.S. Marine Corps Private First Class Elmer “Rabbit” Mathies, Jr. was killed during the Battle of Tarawa. Private Mathies was one of 1,200 Marines killed during the 3-day battle battle. His remains were finally identified and have been returned to Hereford, Texas in time for Memorial Day, the Amarillo Globe-News reported.

Mathies’ sister, 85-year-old Mary Jo Hopson was contacted by the Marine Corps last summer. They asked her for a sample of her DNA to test against those of yet unidentified Marines. A match was found and the private will now come home to his family.

Colonel Elwin Hart was with Mathies when he was killed, the Tacoma News Tribune’s Adam Ashton reported in February. Colonel Hart told Ashton he heard the crack of the sniper’s rifle shot. He saw his friend drop dead after being shot through the heart. Hart was a sergeant at the time and rose through the ranks during his 33-year career to colonel.

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