so here i am, still his wife. >> reporter: sergeant gantt will be buried later this month. >> throughse years, did you ever give up hope? >> no. >> reporter: why not? it was so long. >> that didn't make any difference. i didn't give up hope of my husband. >> reporter: so you always thought this day would come? >> that's right. so i'm happy that i'm still alive to bury him myself. >> reporter: nearly 7,900 americans who fought in korea are still listed as missing in action. carter evans, cbs news, los angeles. >> pelley: christmas doesn't just happen. it takes folks like jackie to make it happen. "on the road" with steve hartman is next. this is the quicksilver cash back card from capital one. it's not the "limit the cash i earn every month" card. it's not the "i only earn decent rewards at the gas station" card. it's the no-games, no-signing up, everyday-rewarding, kung-fu-fighting, silver-lightning-in-a-bottle, bringing-home-the-bacon cash back card. this is the quicksilver card from capital one. unlimited 1.5% cash back on every purchase, everywhere, every single day. so ask yoursel

. >> a procession of veterans lead the way as army sergeant joseph gantt made his final trip home.ried by a military honor guard.old widow, clara, has waited for since 1950. does this bring closure for you today? >> well, i tell, you 63 years, this could have been earlier. >> sergeant gantt was captured in the korean war and died as a p.o.w. in 1951. but his remains were only identified last month, by a dna analysis, closure thousands of families are still hoping for. gary boyle's father also went missing in korea. he spoke at today's funeral. >> this is the greatest gift i can have, to see a wife receive him back, something i've wanted for my mother for sixty some years. >> sargeant gantt's journey home began last week with a pre-dawn flight to los angeles. and his widow was right there waiting, after all these years. an unforgettable image. >> and that moment you're standing over the coffin, and you're thinking. >> the lord brought him home. so i'm happy that i'm still alive to bury him myself. >> that burial came with full military honors. [playing taps] ♪ >> my husband was a ba

and he is coming home. >> clara gantt has been waiting for this day for 63 years. husband's remains are returning home. >> he was in two wars. he was in world war ii, got out in '46, entered the korean war. >> as the los angeles airport honor guard saluted the plane carrying the remains of joseph gantt arrived at l.a.x. in the predawn darkness, his 95-year-old widow stood on a tarmac and told reporters she made plans six decades ago for his return from the war. >> i got a gardener and then i bought a home. so when he came home he wouldn't have to do nothing but go fishing, whatever he wanted to do. i bought a home for him. and i am in that home now. >> as passengers watched from inside, gantt's casket was lowered from the plane. >> he told me if anything happened to him he wanted me to remarry. and i told him, no, no. >> their love, she said, was more than enough for one lifetime. >> i always did love my husband. we was two of one kind. we loved each other. >> that love was evident as she slowly walked to the flag draped casket grateful she lived long enough to wit