HOLMES COUNTY, Ohio — On December 1, 1950, First Lieutenant William Hott was killed in action in North Korea. Today — three-quarters of a century later — he came home to the embrace of a grateful Ohio community.

An American flag fluttered at the Holmes County Fairground, a fitting backdrop for a hero's homecoming 75 years in the making. The ceremony was filled with military tradition and honor, as hundreds gathered to pay tribute to Lieutenant Hott's service and sacrifice.

For his family, this moment represented the answer to decades of prayers.

"I just prayed that God would somehow bring him home," said Janet Graff, Hott's great niece. "And I had no idea that the 2018 delivery of the remains had come. I had no idea at all. And then one day I was on Facebook and I was going through

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