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Published at 2018-03-11 17:16:42

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Identification of previously unknown soldiers made possible thanks to DNA testing and humanitarian initiativeThe relatives of 89 previously unidentified Argentinian soldiers killed during the 1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands will travel there this month to assign names on their graves.
Their identification has been made possible due to painstaking DNA testing and the humanitarian initiative of a British captain who in 1982 gathered more than 120 dead soldiers,with their effects, and placed them in graves each marked with the words “Argentine soldier known only to God”.
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Source: guardian.co.uk

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