with his family. 1938, there's mervin. >> there he is! fishman bought her yearbook from petaluma high school. she and betty grew up with him. >> i went from the first grade all the way through high school with mervin. >> they both said the same thing. he was a nice young man. and like many of the young men, the 23-year-old enlisted in the army air force. in april of 1943, his cargo plane crashed over the hump. the term pilots used for the dangerous 500 mile route that crisscrossed the jagged ridges of the himalayas. in 2003, a private expedition searching for m.i.a.'s found the wreckage and sims' bones. clayton cools who led the expedition says by luck, his guide found a small piece of aluminum. >> and i looked at it and here it was the aircraft data plate. it was kind of bent up but this is the most important identifier you could find. >> two months ago, the army notified sims' next of kin that they had finally identified him through a d.n.a. sample. roloff is sims' niece but never knew her uncle. >> you recognize him from that picture?

they grew up with him. >> i went from the first grade through high school with mervin.both say the same thing, he was a nice young man. he unlisted in the army air force. in april of 1943, his cargo plane crashed over the hump. the term pilots used for the dangerous 500 mile route that crisscrossed the jagged ridges of the himalayas. in 2003, a private expedition searching for m.i.a.'s found the wreckage and sims' bones. clayton cools who led the expedition says by luck, his guide found a small piece of aluminum. >> and i looked at it and here it was the aircraft data plate. it was kind of bent up but this is the most important identifier you could find. >> two months ago, the army notified sims' next of kin that they had finally identified him through a d.n.a. sample. roloff is sims' niece but never knew her uncle. >> you recognize -- >> she got to know him better through his friends like sims' first girlfriend. >> he was a wonderful guy but didn't have him around long enough. when they took him into the service. >> i think the community got what they needed ises us as

. >> reporter: hundreds of war veterans gathered today near the graveside of private first class mervin sims. the quiet hand some young man who left petaluma to go off to war so long ago is finally back home. >> his mother never got to have him home. you have boys, you know what that means. this is for the family. it's just great. >> reporter: a school from the 2nd grade brought this class picture. another showed us the high school year book photo. his life would end a few years later. >> he was sort of quiet but nice young man. >> reporter: sims was one of five crewmen aboard an army cargo plane that crashed in the treacherous himalayan mountains in 1943 while airlifting supplies to india. the remains of the crew went undiscovered until a few years ago when a mountaineer who specializes in finding crash sites located sims plane. >> ed of leather boots -- evidence of leather boots, flight jackets, gloves, a lot of leather items and, of course, the bones. >> reporter: sims was positively identified through dna tests. his closest living relatives are two nieces he never knew but who watch

there is mervin. >> lily fishman brought her year book from the high school. and betty grew up with him. >> i went from the first grade all the way through high school with mervin. >> they said the same thing. he was a nice young man and like many young men the 23 year old enlisted in the army air force. april of 1943, his cargo plane crashed over the hump. the dangerous up mile route that chris crossed the jagged ridges of the hima layas. the they found the wreckage and sim's bones. clayton cools who led the expedition said by luck, his guide found a small piece of aluminum. >> it was a aircraft data plate and this is bunt up. it was important identifier. >> the army notified sims next of kin that they had finally identified him through a dna sample. rolot of is his niece and never knew his uncle. >> you ridiculousinize . >> she got to know him better through his friends like evelyn ransom, sim's first girlfriend >> he was a wonderful guy and didn't have him around long enough when they took him in the are service. >> the community got what they needed us as

. >> reporter: hundreds of war veterans gathered today near the graveside of private first class mervin sims. the quiet hand some young man who left petaluma to go off to war so long ago is finally back home. >> his mother never got to have him home. you have boys, you know what that means. this is for the family. it's just great. >> reporter: a school from the 2nd grade brought this class picture. another showed us the high school year book photo. his life would end a few years later. >> he was sort of quiet but nice young man. >> reporter: sims was one of five crewmen aboard an army cargo plane that crashed in the treacherous himalayan mountains in 1943 while airlifting supplies to india. the remains of the crew went undiscovered until a few years ago when a mountaineer who specializes in finding crash sites located sims plane. >> ed of leather boots -- evidence of leather boots, flight jackets, gloves, a lot of leather items and, of course, the bones. >> reporter: sims was positively identified through dna tests. his closest living relatives are two nieces he never knew but who watch

private first class mervin simms received a 21 gun salute today.e was on board an army cargo plane that crashed in the himalayas. the veterans along with sims' relatives and classmates attended today's funeral. >>> a group that is credited with igniting a revolution in egypt is in the bay area tonight. he topped time magazine's list of the 100 most flume people in the world. he was born in egypt used facebook to organize millions of egyptians. the demonstrations overthrow president hosni mubarack earlier this year. >> it's something that i'm not, like, -- i was not looking for and i think the most important thing is the cause. the cause was to get rid of a bad regime. >> tonight he is at stanford to talk about how egypt can move to economic recovery. >>> a tweet brings a commitment to stay in san francisco. twitter told the world this afternoon that it will be moving into a san francisco building, this one here on market street by mid 2012. the former furniture mart building is four blocks from the current headquarters. san francisco is providing a

mervin simms came home with full military honors. his final resting place the cemetery where his mother and father are buried. >> he is back home where he belongs, with his family. 1938. there he is. >> she brought her year book from petaluma high school. she and betty rupture him. >> i went to the first grade all the way through high school. >> they both said the same thing, he was a nice young man. like many of young men 23-year-old enlisted in the army air force. in 1943 his plane crashed over the hump the term they used for the dangerous 500 mile route that crisscrossed the jagged himalayas. a private expedition found the wreckage and simms bones. grayton says by luck his guide found a small piece of aluminum. >> i looked at it, it was the aircraft data plate but this is the most important thing you could find. >> two months ago the army notified the next of kin they had identified him through a dna sample. she never new her uncle. >> you see that picture. >> she got to know him better through her friends like evelyn simms' first

. >> i went from the first grade all the way through high school with mervin. >> they both said the same thing, he was a nice young man. and like many of the young men, the 23-year-old enlisted in the army air force. in april of 1943 his cargo plane crashed over the hump. the term pilots used for the dangerous 500-mile route that crisscrossed the jagged ridges of the himalayas. in 2003, a private expedition searching for mia's found the wreckage and simms' bones. the man who lead the expedition said by luck his guide found a small piece of aluminum. >> i looked at it and here was the aircraft data plate. it was bent up. but this is the most important identifier you can find. >> reporter: two months ago they notified his next of kin that they finally identified him through a dna sample. she is simms' niece and never knew her uncle. >> do you recognize him from the picture? >> oh yes. >> reporter: today she got to know him better through his friends like evelyn, simms' first girl friend. >> he was a wonderful guy. didn't have him around long enough when they took him into the service. >> i

the department of defense announced today that the remains of mervin sims from pet luma have been identified and will be returned to his family for full burial honors. in 1943 sims was listed as missing in action. he was just 23 years old when his plane went missing between india and china. the wreckage was found in the mountains of burma eight years ago. >>> a new report reveals california's illegal immigrant prison population is skyrocketing. the government accountability office says a number of illegal immigrants behind bars is up 17% since 2003. the number now stands at more than 102,000. the agency also claims each of the state's illegal immigrants have an average of seven different arrests and 2010 california spent around $1 billion on the illegal immigrant inmate population. >>> silicone valley high-tech leaders gather to talk about the business climate today. most of the entrepreneurs are optimistic the economy is turning around nationally, but they have reservations about how the state is doing. governor brown joined the group at ibm and san jose. they welcome the governor with gift