80 years later, an Idaho soldier finally comes home

PARMA, Idaho — Some homecomings take a few years, maybe even a few decades, but this one is 80 years in the making.

For the first time in eight decades, 2nd Lt. Charles Atteberry finally made it back home to Idaho.

A young man from Parma who answered his country's call and fought in World War II, Atteberry was captured, killed and left unidentified for generations. Now, returning to the state where his story began and where his family finally got the chance to meet him and lay him to rest.

"I said, 'I'm glad you're home,'" said Ray Atteberry, Charles Atteberry's nephew.

"It's just unbelievable," said Margaret Atteberry, Charles Atteberry's sister-in-law. "I just sat there and thought, how much this would have meant to his mother."

The Idaho National Guard and the Boise Valley POW/MIA