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After a hometown hero and Korean War veteran's remains were found, they're now on they're way home nearly 70 years later. The Lima VFW Post was notified last Thursday that remains of Korean war veteran, Private William Junior Winchester, were identified by the DPAA in Honolulu, Hawaii. Winchester was captured in North Korea in November of 1950 by Chinese People’s Volunteer Forces as a prisoner of war. He passed away in February of 1951 at the age of twenty. Winchester was the last of the Buffalo Soldiers, a nickname given to African-American service members before integration of the army.