When North Korea handed over 55 boxes of bones that it said are remains of American war dead, it provided a single military dog tag but no other information that could help U.S. forensics experts determine their individual identities, a U.S. defense official said Tuesday.
Lost for about 70 years, dog tags found with a metal detector in Colorado by a stranger have been returned to the family of a Washington County veteran.
By Nikki Brahm, (West Bend, Wis.) Daily News via AP
A reunion years in the making was finally completed as U.S. Marine Nick Montez brought home Mally, a bomb-sniffing dog he served with while in Afghanistan.
By Justyna Tomas, The Lewiston (Idaho) Tribune via AP
The $1.3 trillion budget measure passed by Congress last week has several significant policy changes to accompany the $700 billion appropriation for defense.