USS Arizona Operation 85 seeks to identify the 85 (or more) USS Arizona crew members whose commingled graves at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu are marked as USS Arizona Unknowns. In this video, Executive Director Kevin Kline describes the process needed to excavate the cemetery gravesites and then conduct DNA testing. We also hear from a family member who has already provided DNA in an effort to identify their loved one. Please help us spread the word so we can properly honor American heroes who made the ultimate sacrifice 82 years ago.
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DNA collection by families gives boost to USS Arizona ID effort
Star-Herald Online
Dec 7, 2023
81 years after Pearl Harbor, a civilian-led effort to identify remains
Washington Post
June 7, 2023
New campaign with Tucson tie seeks to identify USS Arizona unknowns
Arizona Daily Star
Dec 2, 2023
Can 'next-Gen' DNA testing help ID the remains of US service members killed in war?
Omaha World-Herald
June 26, 2022
National program aims to connect Pearl Harbor veterans remains to families
WSPA Spartanburg
Sept 12, 2023
As Pearl Harbor ID project ends, some families of ill-fated USS Arizona also seek closure
Omaha World-Herald
Dec 8, 2021
Families unhappy with plans for
unidentified 85 USS Arizona
crew members
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
June 13, 2021