TULSA, Okla. — Nearly 79 years after the attack on Pearl Harbor, a sailor is finally home.
The remains of Navy Fireman First Class Hadley Heavin landed at Tulsa International Airport on Wednesday afternoon from Hawaii.
Heavin was greeted by other sailors and his family, who drove him back to their home of Baxter Springs, Kansas.
“What is even more spectacular about this whole thing is he was due to be discharged from the military in March, three months,” said Helen Ege, Heavin’s niece.
Heavin was 23 years old when his ship, the USS West Virginia, was bombed. His and the remains of 66 others on that ship are now recovered.
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