Unknown Soldier Details Emerge in New Book

The remains of America’s first unknown soldier were brought home by eight men selected for the mission for their extraordinary feats during World War I and the appeal their stories would have as representatives of all American forces overseas, author and historian Patrick K. O’Donnell says.
Describing the World War I generation as “forgotten” and part of a “forgotten war,” O’Donnell learned of the men and their solemn mission on a battlefield walk of Belleau Wood in France a few years ago. He realized the story of the body bearers was “history hidden in plain sight.”