Dec. 6, 2021

How DNA Solved One of the Final Mysteries of Pearl Harbor (via Politico)

On Sunday morning, Dec. 7, 1941, Mess Attendant 2nd Class Jesus Garcia, stationed aboard the USS Oklahoma, was preparing to go to mass.Just before 8 a.m., Japanese dive bombers launched their surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and the battleship, crippled by torpedoes, began to capsize. Some crew members jumped into a sea of burning oil to escape or

Nov. 29, 2021

Inside the 80-Year Quest to Name Pearl Harbor's Unknown Victims (via Time Magazine)

The seven sailors point their rifles skyward and fire three times in unison, shattering the silence at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. The military salute signifies the end of an 80-year-old mystery that traces back to Dec. 7, 1941, the beginning of America’s involvement in World War II.Navy sailors Harold and William Trapp were

Nov. 15, 2021

Bringing Back Missing Veterans: ‘Always Loved – Never Forgotten’ (via Flatland KC)

Louis William Dick died in 1975.Amanda Jane Gish Dick died in 1983.Before their deaths they purchased cemetery plots for themselves as well as for their only son. They knew he had been killed during World War II. They did not know if his body would ever be identified and returned to Missouri.But they nevertheless saved a place for him – right next

Oct. 21, 2021

Combat Anthropology: How the DPAA Gives Names Back to the Dead

In a World War II bomber hangar that once housed the Enola Gay and Bockscar B-29 bombers, which dropped the two atomic bombs on Japan, forensic anthropologist Traci Van Deest, Ph.D., and her team of scientists have several skeletons on display. These are the remains of American service members killed decades ago, far from home. Van Deest and her

Sept. 22, 2021

70 years after he died in a Korean POW camp, Father Emil Kapaun begins journey home

HONOLULU, HAWAII — Emil Kapaun was a priest from Pilsen, Kansas who became a war hero for his actions during the Korean War. He was awarded the Medal of Honor in 2013 and is now being considered for sainthood by the Vatican.None of his family or his closest Korean War compatriots thought Tuesday’s eventswere possible, not in 70 years.But the day has come. And Father

Sept. 17, 2021

A Proclamation on National POW/MIA Recognition Day, 2021 (via WhiteHouse.gov)

When service members take an oath to defend the Constitution of the United States, they do so knowing that they may be called upon to make great sacrifices to ensure and sustain our shared values. These patriots accept those risks and rush to fulfill the mission, no matter how harsh or dangerous the conditions. They embody the best of the American

Sept. 8, 2021

Veterans dug up a WWII bomber—in hopes of finding peace

It’s a hazy summer day in southern England, not far from the medieval market town of Arundel, and the Sussex countryside is dozing in the heat. In a pasture on a family farm a mile or so west of the town’s historic castle, an international team of military veterans and archaeologists from the University of York is methodically sifting through

Aug. 24, 2021

Sister grateful to bury Michigan Korean War veteran whose remains were missing for 70 years (via MLive.com)

HOLLY TOWNSHIP, Michigan — After missing for 70 years, the remains of Korean War Veteran Dale W. Wright were interred at the Great Lakes National Cemetery.Linda Stover, 75, Wright’s half-sister and last remaining direct relative along with Stover’s children, some grandchildren and great-grandchildren were present on Monday, Aug. 23 at the morning service to inter the remains

Aug. 23, 2021

CSU center works to recover remains of American WWII pilot in France (via Colorado State University)

This year marks the 77th anniversary of the crash of an American bomber in Northern France that occurred in the summer of 1944. The pilot’s remains have gone unrecovered in the European country for decades.A mission to recover the remains of the pilot who crashed in a farmer’s field is now underway, led by Colorado State University’s Center for

Aug. 16, 2021

Pearl Harbor Hero, Missing in Action for Decades, Gets Patriotic Homecoming in Kentucky

MERRY OAKS, Ky — To view this story from its original source, visit https://www.theepochtimes.com/pearl-harbor-hero-missing-in-action-for-decades-gets-patriotic-homecoming-in-kentucky_3870724.html?welcomeuser=1Nestled on the western edge of Barren County, Kentucky, is a small community named Merry Oaks, with a population of fewer than 300 people. In the 1900s, the