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In this Jan. 22, 2017 photo provided by the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific members of a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency joint service detail in Honolulu prepare to drape the casket of an unknown serviceman killed in the Battle of Tarawa. Military and Veterans Affairs officials are digging up the remains of dozens of unidentified Marines and sailors killed on a remote atoll in the Pacific during one of World War II's bloodiest battles in an attempt to identify them. (Gene Maestas/National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific via AP)
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In this Jan. 22, 2017 photo provided by the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific engineering equipment operator Richard Cabatic starts to excavate the grave of an unidentified serviceman killed in the 1943 Battle of Tarawa before cemetery caretakers step in to carefully remove dirt by hand, in Honolulu. Military and Veterans Affairs officials are digging up the remains of dozens of unidentified Marines and sailors killed on a remote atoll in the Pacific during one of World War II's bloodiest battles in an attempt to identify them. (Gene Maestas/National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific via AP)
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This Jan. 22, 2017 photo provided by the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific shows cemetery caretaker Kenneth Miner in Honolulu preparing the casket of an unknown serviceman killed in the Battle of Tarawa for disinterment. Military and Veterans Affairs officials are digging up the remains of dozens of unidentified Marines and sailors killed on a remote atoll in the Pacific during one of World War II's bloodiest battles in an attempt to identify them. (Gene Maestas/National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific via AP)
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World War II veterans of the U.S. Army 422nd Regimental Combat Team attend a memorial for the late Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012, in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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President Obama watches as Lt. Gen. Francis Wiercinski, commander of the U.S. Army Pacific, presents an American flag to Daniel Inouye, Jr., son of Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, during the memorial service for the late senator at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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A U.S. military honor guard folds the flag over the coffin of U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, during a memorial service at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012 in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada pauses as he speaks next to the flag-draped casket of the late Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, during a memorial service at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012, in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama stand with their hands over their hearts as the flag-draped casket of the late Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, is carried past during a memorial service at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012, in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
