It’s never too late to bring closure. That’s the lesson of the story of Clara Gantt of Los Angeles. The L.A. Times reports that in 1950, her young husband, Army Sgt. 1st Class Joseph Gantt, shipped out for the Korean War. She told him she expected him to come home, and she would wait for him. But he was taken prisoner. She never heard from him again. But she kept her vow to wait. Even as he remained missing in action for decade after decade, she never dated another man. She became active in a group that aided MIA family members, and visited Washington regularly, but never learned what had happened to him. Until last October, when his remains were found and identified. Officials believe he died in 1951 – 62 years ago. On Friday, a flag-draped coffin bearing his remains at long last returned to Los Angeles. Clara, now 94, cried as she greeted the military escort. So does she think of those years of waiting as wasted? Not at all. She said she was very, very proud of her Joseph. She said they were two of a kind, “we loved each other, and that made our marriage complete.” Let’s just pray that the families of other soldiers missing in action someday get the same closure. It will take a lot of prayer. There are still 8,000 MIA soldiers from the Korean War alone.
Posted on: Thu, 26 Dec 2013 18:00:01 +0000
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