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U.S.S. Arizona family member Teri Mann-Whyatt, niece of GM3c William Edward Mann, kneels beside one of the “Unknown” graves at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. With a single rose in her hand and a flag placed gently at the headstone, she honors the men whose names were never returned to them—men who died in service to our country and have waited 84 years for someone to come searching.
For Teri, this is not history.
This is family.
This is grief that never found a home.
This is a promise kept across generations.
Every “Unknown” grave she visits represents a son, a brother, a fiancé, a friend—someone whose family never had the blessing she gives in this moment: acknowledgment, remembrance, love.
And because of the determination of Operation 85 and the DNA contributions from families across America, the day is coming when these headstones will no longer read “UNKNOWN.”
Their names are waiting.
Their stories are waiting.
And their families are still fighting for them.
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