Return to Makin Island
A true story about 19 young marines killed on an island (one of the first raids against the Japanese in WWII). They had to retreat, so asked the islanders to please bury the dead for us. This of course was WWII.57 Years later, they checked and found a man who had been a teenager then and remembered where they were buried. They sent a C-130 and an honor guard over there and found all 19 had been buried with their helmets on, their rifles in their hands, in perfect condition. The islanders had really done a wonderful job.
As they were loading the bodies, a voice from out of nowhere started singing "The Marine Hymn" - gave everyone goose bumps. Turns out, the voice was from a man who spoke no English, but remembered a song the Marines taught him when they landed. Very touching. All 19 of their photos are at the end.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6f_FvZpm3g