A U.S. Marine Corps carry team carries the transfer case containing the remains of Marine Gunnery Sgt. James W. Speedy, of Cambridge, Ohio, during a dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base March 25, 2022 in Dover, Delaware.
Last week, four U.S. Marines were killed when their Osprey aircraft crashed in a Norwegian town in the Arctic Circle during a NATO exercise named Exercise Cold Response. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)DOVER, Del. (AP) - The bodies of four Marines who died in a military aircraft crash during a NATO exercise were transferred back to the U.S.
Friday.The U.S. Marine Corps said an Osprey aircraft crashed on March 18 in a Norwegian town in the Arctic Circle, killing the four Marines.
Officials with the Marines said Saturday that hundreds of U.S. Marines, sailors, service members and civilians rendered final salutes to the fallen Marines in Bodø, Norway, early Friday.The bodies of the Marines were then placed on board an Air National Guard military transport aircraft and flown to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, Marine Corps officials said.