Her grandfather had been a mystery for as long as she could remember, his name an unanswered question, a frequent Google search.
All Sandra Sharpe knew about him was what others had told her.
“Good man,” they would say. “Fine soldier,” many recalled.
The rest was crumbs and brief glimpses of his life through out-of-place facts: He was a Marine and a general. He fought in World War I and II, and died suddenly of a heart attack in India during a round-the-world trip in 1965.
For decades that was all she could really find — nothing about a gravesite or even what town.
Until one day in 2012 when she discovered she wasn’t the only one looking for him.
The quest to find and bring home the remains of Maj. Gen. Harry K. Picket became an odyssey. A family looking for answers would join forces with a group of Citadel graduates determined to bring back one of their own. Soon it will reach its emotional end.
https://t.co/tpWrrxtFIW— Caitlin Byrd (@MaryCaitlinByrd) July 4, 2023