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Marines bring fallen comrades home from Guadalcanal 80 years later

Late in the dark hours of Friday night, a Marine Corps C-20G “gray ghost ” jet landed on the tarmac at Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay. It was returning from the Solomon Islands with a special assignment—bringing back what are believed to be the remains of Marines killed fighting on Guadalcanal more than eight decades ago. The plane was …
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Late in the dark hours of Friday night, a Marine Corps C-20G “gray ghost ” jet landed on the tarmac at Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay.

It was returning from the Solomon Islands with a special assignment—bringing back what are believed to be the remains of Marines killed fighting on Guadalcanal more than eight decades ago.