In a solemn ceremony at the weekend, Solomon Islands farewelled the remains of several US soldiers who had died on Guadalcanal during the Second World War.
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In the repatriation ceremony in Honiara, the minister of foreign affairs and external trade, Milner Tozaka, handed the remains to the PNG-based US Ambassador to Solomon Islands, Walter North.
Mr North said he was humbled and honoured to pay respect to his fellow countrymen who had put their nation's needs above their lives and who had died far from home.
The soldiers' remains were recovered by a US team - the Joint Prisoners of War/Missing in Action Accounting Command.
