UPDATE: After 170 years, remains of US troops return from Me

mexican-american war were returned from mexico for forensic study. several sets of remains came into the dover air force base – which is home to a military mortuary. flag-draped cases holding the remains were moved from an airplane and transferred to vehicles to be driven to the mortuary. the army says troops from several states, including mississippi, ohio, tennessee and texas, fought in the battle of monterrey in 1846. archaeologists reported discovering 10 sets of skeletal remains in 2011 — with bone measurements that indicated they were americans. rain showers will