Remains Of WW2 Vet Return To Columbia

(Columbia, SC)  --  More than 70 years after his death, a World War Two soldier from Columbia is back home.  

The body of Second Lieutenant William Harth arrived at Columbia Metropolitan Airport last night.  It took DNA testing to finally identify Harth last year.  

After years of being buried as an unknown soldier in a Belgium cemetery, Harth will be buried at Fort Jackson National Cemetery tomorrow morning with full military honors.  


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