The remains of Navy Lt. William E. Swanson, a 27-year-old pilot from Minnesota whose plane went down in 1965 during the Vietnam War, have been identified and are being returned to his family for burial with full military honors Monday at Ft. Snelling.

Many Minnesotans recall where they were on Oct. 25, 2002, when they heard the news that Sen. Paul Wellstone's plane had gone down near Eveleth. He, along with his wife, daughter and five others, died in the crash. Across the state, Minnesotans are honoring the 58-year-old advocate for the poor who widely respected for the passion he brought to government.

Christopherson was aboard a plane that was shot down while on a bombing mission over Papau New Guinea in 1943. Christopherson and three other crew members will be buried as a group in a single casket with full military honors.

Authorities have identified the body of Minnesota veteran exhumed from his grave at Fort Snelling Thursday. Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek says the body of the World War II veteran Edward John Redhead was exhumed after a maintenance worker discovered a large amount of dirt disturbed in and around Redhead's grave.

A World War II veteran who missed graduation at his Minneapolis high school 69 years ago will finally cross the commencement stage on Saturday. The 88-year-old joined the Marines in 1943 and was called off two days before his Roosevelt High School graduation ceremony.

19-year-old Corporal Wayne Erickson of Minneapolis never returned from a training flight over the south Pacific during World War II. But thanks to years of work by the Pentagon's POW/Missing Personnel Office, Erickson's remains have finally been recovered and identified. He will be buried with full military honors.