Monthly Archives: October 2013

Dental clues assist in effort to identify USS Monitor remains

NEW YORK, N.Y., USA: The remains of two sailors discovered during the 2002 recovery of the gun turret of the Civil War-era ironclad ship USS Monitor were interred at Arlington National Cemetery March 8. At the time of the interment ceremony the sailors remained unidentified, but thanks in part to dental clues, researchers are closer […]

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