In his final letter to his wife before he vanished on Mount Everest a century ago, George Mallory tried to ease her worries even as he said his chances of reaching the world’s highest peak were “50 to 1 against us.”

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said Monday the remains of 2nd Lt. John E. McLauchlen Jr. of Detroit were identified in January and will be buried this summer at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas.

USS Theodore Roosevelt, Bahrain, July 21, 2005: Capt. Daniel C. Grieco, outgoing commanding officer for USS Theodore Roosevelt, makes remarks during a change of command ceremony.

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting agency announced last week that the remains of six service members from World War II and the Korean War had been accounted for.

Off the coast of Australia, July 20, 2017: An MV-22B Osprey takes off from the USS Bonhomme Richard near the eastern coast of Queensland. 

Near Mannheim, West Germany, March 1962: In a scene familiar to soldiers and veterans everywhere, members of the 2nd Battle Group, 47th Infantry, line up for chow after completing the first leg of a motor march from Augsburg to Berlin.

The remains of a World War II soldier from Waterbury who was killed along with his entire bomber crew in 1944 have been identified and will be buried with full military honors in Middletown, a U.S. Department of Defense agency announced this week.

Federal officials are resolved never to allow a terrorist attack like the Oklahoma City bombing happen again, Deputy Homeland Security Adviser Caitlin Durkovich told survivors and loved ones of the 168 people killed in the April 19, 1995, bombing Friday.

The remains of Army Pfc. Harry Jerele of Berkeley, Ill., were identified in December, about 81 years after he died of pneumonia at the Cabanatuan POW camp, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Thursday.

Fifty miles north of Seoul, South Korea, October 1959: Republic of Korea House Speaker Ki Poong Lee is briefed by Lt. Gen. Jae Hung Yu, First Republic of Korea Army commander on Operation Killing Zone.