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USS Oklahoma

‘Battleship Row’ after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. The capsized USS Oklahoma is visible in the foreground, behind her is USS Maryland, while USS West Virginia burns furiously on the right.

Some of Pearl Harbor’s unknown victims will get a second chance at identification

Science

The Defense Department has announced plans to exhume the remains of almost 400 sailors and Marines who died aboard the USS Oklahoma during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Officials are confident they can identify most of the remains with modern DNA technology and reunite them with their families.