After more than 50 years, a Bay Area family is getting some closure.
Ernest's remains arrived back home in San Francisco Thursday night, met by an honor guard. His casket draped in a U.S. flag decades after he disappeared in Vietnam.“It's been a long time and it's like, I'm hoping this gives us a good finale or just to say goodbye, finally, or hello,” said his widow Joyce De Soto, who is 90 years old.
While Ernest was honored as a hero, it wasn't always easy for the family worrying and wondering about what happened.“In Vietnam days, in 1969 when he was shot down, the war was not popular and we were told to be quiet and not talk to anybody,” she said.“We decided not to do that, we fought. I went to Washington D.C. many years and we did get some of the guys home and now Ernie just took a little bit longer,” she said.
In March, the family finally received a call they waited half a century to hear -- Ernest's remains had been found and identified.“I think I'll be crying,” she said.
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