How abandoned veteran remains in Oregon funeral homes were finally given a proper burial
Published on Jul 22, 2024, 5:00:00 AM
Total time: 00:25:45
Published on Jul 22, 2024, 5:00:00 AM
Total time: 00:25:45
Carolyn Arntson and Denise Hatch have spent the past few years sorting through thousands of old cardboard boxes abandoned at Oregon funeral homes with one goal in mind: to find the remains of veterans, and get them interred at Willamette National Cemetery. OPB general assignment reporter Joni Auden Land has been following these women on their journey and tells us how the two sifted through boxes of ashes to finally give Oregon veterans a proper burial.
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