[QUOTE]It won't be the reunion the twin sister of a South Side soldier spent decades hoping for, but her brother is finally coming home.
Army Cpl. Donald MacLean was 17 when he went missing in action in Korea on Dec. 2, 1950. His remains, recently identified, will be buried with full military honors Saturday in northwest suburban Cary.
Donna Mitchell, MacLean's twin, was at her sister's Chicago house almost 63 years ago when a telegram came with the scary yet vague news. The hope, of course, was that he was merely missing.
"Maybe he was in a camp somewhere," said Mitchell, now 80 and living in McHenry. "We didn't know. We had no other information."
And so it was for decades. Troops came home, the Korean Peninsula remained split, soldiers' bodies were returned, but MacLean's whereabouts remained unknown.
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[url]http://www.military.com/daily-news/2013/08/29/korean-war-soldiers-remains-identified.html?comp=7000023468004&rank=1[/url]
At least now the family can get closure.
I really wish the Korean War vets had a better welcome home. I'm pretty sure there is still plenty of bodies that were not even returned, actually.
[quote]Army Cpl. Donald MacLean was [B]17[/B] when he went missing[/quote]
that has to be awful dying at such a young age in a foreign country, probably not having seen your family in ages
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