GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — After 75 years, the remains of a fallen soldier from Michigan were returned home on a flight piloted by his great-nephew.
Pfc. Harold Dulyea’s remains were identified on May 30. They were flown from Hawaii to Texas, before reaching Michigan Wednesday. His great-nephew, an American Airlines pilot named Casey Brouhard, completed the final leg of the trip to Grand Rapids.
Remains of WWII pilot finally return to Michigan for burial
Brouhard’s father Larry was Dulyea’s nephew. He was also on board — marking the first flight Casey piloted for his dad.
“We are carrying Harold Dulyea, private first class,” Casey Brouhard can be heard telling passengers in a video provided by American Airlines. “Seventy-five years ago, he was MIA and a POW in the Korean War. This last May, we were able to identify Pfc. Harold Dulyea.”…