When there are articles in the press, on electronic or other media that can affect our mission we will try to provide a link to them here.
2008 News
The Torch (the newsletter of the Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office)
Monday, June 9, 2008
Greg Eckerle
"Military gathering puts missing troops at its forefront"
courierpress: Evansville Courier & Press
Friday, June 6, 2008
Jeff Mullin
"June 6, 1944, would bring the beginning of the end of Nazi tyranny; first would come the dying"
EnidNews.com: The Enid News and Eagle, Enid, Oklahoma
Friday, June 6, 2008
James T. Hammond
"S.C. war dead rest on Normandy bluff"
The State.com
Thursday, June 5, 2008
"US Team on Search Mission to Arunachal"
WebIndia123.com
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
"US defence team to look for pilots missing since WW II"
Press Trust of India
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Martin DeAngelis
"WWII remains found in Himalayas may be her uncle's"
pressofAtlanticCity.com
Saturday, May 31, 2008
"World War II Families for Recovery of the Missing latest update: A father's return"
Skycontrol.net: Aviation and Aerospace News
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Stephen Harding
"Searching for an uncle he never met"
PressPubs.com
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Scott Calvert
"Small samples, big challenge"
Baltimoresun.com
Monday, May 26, 2008
The Associated Press
"Remains of WW2 airman from Laconia to be buried next month at Arlington"
citizen.com: The Citizen of Laconia
Monday, May 26, 2008
Mindy Kotler
"Long March to an Apology"
The New York Times
Monday, May 26, 2008
Bryan Bender and Kevin Baron
"A bond of brothers: Kinship among servicemen drives a search in the jungles of Papua New Guinea"
Boston.com: The Boston Globe
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Phil Wright
"Local man learns how brother died on D-Day"
EOnow.com: The East Oregonian
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Bryan Bender
" A flyer's siblings in search of closure"
Boston.com: The Boston Globe
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Bryan Bender and Kevin Baron
"Six decades and half a world away"
Boston.com: The Boston Globe
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Tony Dobrowolski
"Of family, war, and science"
Berkshire Eagle Online
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Ed Cox
"Glimpse of a Fly Boy: Fort Dalles Museum dedicates exhibit of aviator's belongings"
The Dalles (Oregon) Chronicle
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Mike Surles
"The brave make us free"
FayObserver.com: The Fayetteville Observer
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Bryan Bender
"DNA lab unlocks secrets of soldiers' identities"
Boston.com: The Boston Globe
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Associated Press
"Cemeteries see record for veteran burials"
CNN.com
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Associated Press
"World War II Veterans are Dying at Rate of More than 1,000 a Day, Numbers Dwindling"
FOXNews.com
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Manasee Wagh
"24 names added to Wall of Honor"
phillyBurgs.com: Bucks County Courier Times
Friday, May 23, 2008
"Normandy Cemetery Honors WWII Fallen"
Military.com
Friday, May 23, 2008
Julia Ledeux
"Veterans ride to remember POW's Sunday"
InsideNoVA.com
May 22 - May 28, 2008
Jennifer Nickulas
"Family has more to remember: Sisters finally learn fate of World War II brother"
Manchester Express
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Lindsey Connell
"World War II Veterans Prepare for Special Memorial Day Tribute" (HMT Rohna sinking)
WTVM.com and WTVM News Leader 9
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Shawn Patrick
"Colorado POW's return to site of World War II"
9News
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Joni Astrup
"POW tells his tale of survival"
Star News
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Manny Gamallo
"Families of MIAs will be briefed in Tulsa"
Tulsa World
Friday, May 16, 2008
Ashley Rowland
"Development poses hurdle in search for U.S. remains"
Stars and Stripes
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Rex Bowman
"Group to search for remains of Marines: Radford students hope to find burial sites on Guadalcanal"
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Noreen Hyslop
"Veterans Cemetery to Dedicate POW/MIA Monument"
The Daily Statesman
Friday, May 2, 2008
Benjamin Duer
"Traveling Exhibit Honors POWs"
The Repository (Canton, OH)
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
John Rutherford
"Fallen but not forgotten: The McMurray Crew"
MSNBC
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Donna Weaver
"Ceremonies mark 64th anniversary of Exercise Tiger"
pressofAtlanticCity.com
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Jennifer Harper
"WWII crew's remains coming home"
The Washington Times
April 25, 2008
"Local WWII servicemen's remains to be laid to rest"
wbztv.com
April 23, 2008
William Brand
"Airman's remains misidentified, still missing"
ContraCostaTimes.com
Saturday, April 12, 2008
"Hot As Hell Recovery Operations from August 2008"
Frontier India Defence & Strategic News
Monday, April 7, 2008
Misti Crane
"Hope endures for other MIAs: Remembering Matt Maupin"
The Columbus Dispatch
Saturday, April 5, 2008
"World War II MIA Families Group Greets Announcement of Recovery Operations in India"
Skycontrol Aviation and Aerospace News
Thursday, April 03, 2008
Wayne Woolley
"Forgotten No Longer"
Star-Ledger
March 24, 2008
"Missing World War II Airman Identified"
U.S. Department of Defense
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release
March 22, 2008
Jay Young
"Return of the Missing: Remains of Altoona WWII soldier may be recovered"
Altoona Mirror
March 21, 2008
Seamus O'Connor
"India to aid U.S. on WWII crash recovery"
ArmyTimes
March 20, 2008
"U.S. and Indian Officials Discuss WWII Recovery Missions"
Frontier India Defence & Strategic News
March 20, 2008
Joyce Chang
"Military searches for members lost in past wars"
Medill Reports, Northwestern University
Mar 19, 2008
U.S. Department of Defense
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release
Media contact: +1 (703) 697-5131/697-5132 Public contact:
or +1 (703) 428-0711 +1
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 0220-08
March 19, 2008
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U.S. and Indian Officials Discuss WWII Recovery Missions
Officials of the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) met today with representatives of the Indian government in New Delhi to lay the groundwork for future U.S.-Indian humanitarian operations in Arunachal Pradesh State.
During the meeting, the officials discussed a tentative timeline for future investigations and recoveries of aircraft crash sites associated with missing U.S. servicemen from World War II. In addition, they discussed cooperation in the areas of team security, medical support, logistical requirements and transportation.
JPAC officials will return to the region in the spring to discuss details of future operations with Ministry of Defense and Arunachal Pradesh officials. This will be followed by site visits in early fall to determine the scope of debris fields and evaluate unique logistical requirements associated with each site. This process sets the groundwork for future recovery teams by clearly defining the work that will be required to properly and efficiently excavate known aircraft crash locations.
The first full excavation mission should begin shortly after these site visits and is scheduled to be finished by the end of the year.
“This meeting is a significant step in a partnership that will enable our teams to go into areas where we hope to find remains of missing American service members,” said Rear Adm. Donna Crisp, JPAC commander.
“We look forward to developing closer ties and stronger working relationships with our Indian counterparts as we work together to accomplish this humanitarian mission.”
There are more than 1,300 individuals missing from loss incidents - primarily aircraft crashes - in the region known as “the Hump” or the “China-Burma-India” theatre of operations in WWII. While it is impossible to say with certainty in which country a specific plane was lost, JPAC analysts estimate more than 400 Americans are unaccounted-for in this region.
For additional information on this mission in India, call JPAC at (808) 448-1938, or the Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office at (703) 699-1420.
March 18, 2008
John Carlson
"Team tasked with bringing home war dead"
USA Today
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Simon Denyer
"Feature-U.S. to search for missing WW2 airmen in India"
Reuters UK
WWRM Press Release: Mar 14, 2008
US and India to Discuss Schedule of WW2 Crash Site Recovery Ops
Lisa Phillips
President, World War II Families for Recovery of the Missing
Washington, DC: Last week, U.S. Admiral Timothy J. Keating, the Commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, informed the U.S. Congress that the US Defense Department's Joint Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Command (JPAC) is now authorized to negotiate with the Government of India on the details of remains recovery missions to the crash sites of the B-24 "Hot as Hell" and other American aircraft lost in Northeast India during the Second World War. In a statement on "US Pacific Command Posture 2008" delivered to the Senate Armed Services Committee on March 8, Admiral Keating stated that JPAC officials "will engage Government of India officials regarding potential recovery missions in Northeast India" (http://www.pacom.mil/speeches/sst2008/080311-keating-sasc.pdf). Although no details were given about when these negotiations on logistical aspects of the operations will commence, the families of these missing American aviators were informed in recent weeks that Rear Admiral Donna L. Crisp, Commander of JPAC, will lead a delegation of officials to New Delhi in a matter of days.
Admiral Keating's statement marks the first time that the US Government has acknowledged that at the January meeting in Washington of the joint Indo-US Defense Policy Group (DPG), the official policymaking forum for matters of mutual military concern to India and the US, an agreement was reached in principle on joint remains recovery operations. The Defense Policy Group is co-chaired by Indian Defense Secretary Vijay Singh and US Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Ambassador Eric Edelman, and consists of senior officials of the Indian Ministry of Defense and the US Department of Defense.
March 4, 2008
Al Hulsen
"JPAC's Work Slow and Expensive, But Important to Americans'
Hawaii Public Radio.org
February 24, 2008
Jay Price
"Over Himalayas and Internet, lost flights found"
newsobserver.com: The News & Observer
February 22, 2008
David Miho
"Search On For Remains of Aircraft Shot Down In Palau"
Pacific Magazine
Monday, February 18, 2008
Richard C. Dujardin
"Body of missing RI airman killed in WWII is identified"
Projo.com: The Providence Journal
February 3, 2008
Nina Bernstein
"Still Trying to Bring Their Fallen Heroes Home"
The New York Times
February 1, 2008
Sandeep Unnithan
"Ghosts of War"
India Today
January 3, 2008
Department of Defense: Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)
"News Release: Sailor Missing from WWII is Identified"
2007 News
October 12, 2007
US Embassy, Warsaw, Poland
"Military Team Searches for Remains of Americans Missing in Action in WWII"
Friday, August 24, 2007
Associated Press
"Wreckage of World War II Submarine Found Off Aleutian Islands"
FOXNews.com
Friday, August 10, 2007
Pablo Gorondi (The Associated Press)
"WWII U.S. Airman's Body Found in Hungary"
washingtonpost.com: The Washington Post
June 23, 2007
Michael Rubincam (The Associated Press)
"Searchers Look for US Marine on Iwo Jima"
April 14, 2007
Jerry Wolffe
"WWII flyer's remains found 63 years later"
The Oakland Press
