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A United States Marine Corps honor guard carries the casket of USMC Technical Sergeant Harry Carlsen as it arrives aboard a Delta flight at Chicago O'Hare International Airport on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018 in Chicago. His family as well as Chicago police and fire personnel turned out to honor him. He served in the USMC during WWII as the Quartermaster Maintenance Chief for Company A of the 2nd Marine Divisions' 2nd Amphibious Tractor Battalion. He was killed in action on Nov. 20, 1943 in Betio Island Red Beach One, Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands but his remains were just identified this year. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune via AP)
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