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Body of U.S. Marine Killed During World War II Coming Home

Body of U.S. Marine Killed During World War II Coming Home

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David Quinn, 24, a first sergeant in the United States Marine Corps, was killed on an island in the Pacific in 1943 during a bloody battle with the Japanese. His family was told his body was lost at sea, but many years later his nephew came across a letter to Quinn's widow from a fellow Marine saying that Quinn's body had been buried on a beach underneath a white cross.

David Quinn, 24, a first sergeant in the United States Marine Corps, was killed on an island in the Pacific in 1943 during a bloody battle with the Japanese. His family was told his body was lost at sea, but many years later his nephew came across a letter to Quinn's widow from a fellow Marine saying that Quinn's body had been buried on a beach underneath a white cross.…