WWII remains buried 74 years after ‘Bridge Too Far’ battle

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His remains returned to Scranton this month, and he was buried Wednesday.

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His 83-year-old sister Edna Jenkins is the only surviving immediate family member, and her DNA was used to identify her brother. She tells The Times-Tribune she didn’t think this would ever happen, after so much time had passed.

“It was my twin sister and I that he fussed over all the time,” Jenkins said, recalling how Bud would carry her and her sister on his shoulders when they were girls. “I didn’t know if we could hope about this because it’s 74 years already.”

Army Maj. Gen. Anthony Carrelli, Pennsylvania’s adjutant general, presented Edna Jenkins with a number of medals and awards her brother earned but never received. The first medal presented was the Purple Heart, which she clutched in her hands.

“It’s not only closure, but it’s gratification,” Jenkins’ great-nephew Craig Kujawski said. “They got him. That’s the point that needs to be stressed. They didn’t forget.”

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This story has been updated to correct the spelling of the Dutch city to Nijmegen, instead of Nijmengen.

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Information from: The Times-Tribune, http://thetimes-tribune.com/

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