by Catherine Awashti

There were 131 service members from Lauderdale County who were killed during World War II. Thirty-one of those were listed as Missing in Action - including Pfc. Mack Tays. 70 years later, things belonging to Tays are starting to come home. "You know, for a long time, I thought, 'well, he's going to come back,'" said Tays' only living sister, Marie Whitehead. "After we got the final telegram that he was killed, I didn't believe it. He'll be back one day."

Whitehead said her last memory of her brother was the last time he packed his suitcase to deploy. "He couldn't fit his boots in his luggage, and he was getting so mad. It was funny, because he wasn't mad about leaving, just the boots," she said.

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Source: http://whnt.com/