1945 airmen's remains brought home to US

Shortly after World War II ended, three US airmen took off from Singapore aboard a military transport on a flight to northern present-day Malaysia. The plane never arrived.

Nearly 70 years later, the presumed remains of the US service members finally headed home on Thursday following a somber ceremony in Kuala Lumpur.

US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, on a diplomatic swing through Asia, was in attendance as four Malaysian soldiers handed over a small wooden box to US troops at the airport ceremony.