Kurpasi, a 50-year-old Iraq War veteran, volunteered to help evacuate Ukrainian residents and later fought in the Ukrainian Foreign Legion.
for more than a year returned to the United States on Friday and were headed to his hometown in eastern North Carolina.
A Turkish Airlines plane flying from Istanbul with the remains of retired Marine Capt. Grady Kurpasi landed at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport in the early evening. They were loaded onto a private jet bound for Wilmington, N.C. Teresa Irwin, left, sister of Marine Capt. Grady Kurpasi, watches as Marine First Sgt. Timothy La Sage, center, and Port Authority police officer place his remains into a waiting car at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, Friday, May 19, 2023, in New York.
“There is an unspoken bond between those who serve in uniform,” said Weatherman Foundation President Meghan Mobbs, who led the effort to retrieve Kurpasi’s remains. “If you give your life in combat, your fellow Americans will bear any burden to bring you home.”If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation.
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