'No Greater Reward': Nebraska Air Force Base Helps Identify Remains of D-Day Soldiers

'No greater reward': Nebraska Air Force base helps identify remains of D-Day soldiers

A lab at an Air Force base in Nebraska helped identify soldiers who died when their boat hit a mine on D-Day. Now, their family members are finally getting answers and proper burials.

D-Day soldiers identified 82 years later, coming home to Omaha

June 6, 1944, is an important date in American and world history. That’s when the Allies stormed the beaches at Normandy, France, penetrating Hitler’s formidable Atlantic Wall.

'No greater reward': Offutt Air Force Base helps identify D-Day soldiers

A lab at Offutt Air Force Base helped identify soldiers who died when their boat hit a mine on D-Day.

Offutt scientists identify remains of US Army soldiers from the Midwest killed on D-Day

Family members of 16 soldiers who will be buried at Omaha National Cemetery on Thursday were present at an identification briefing held Tuesday at the Hilton Hotel in downtown Omaha.

Offutt scientists identify remains of U.S. Army soldiers from the Midwest killed on D-Day

Family members of 16 soldiers who will be buried at Omaha National Cemetery on Thursday were present at an identification briefing held Tuesday at the Hilton Hotel in downtown Omaha.