February 2010
February 1, 2010
Carol Comegno
"War mother lobbies U.S. for national monument"
Courier-Post
January 2010
January 31, 2010
David Perry
"The lost letters of Sis and Johnny: Box found in a drawer unlocks a WWII correspondence of romance and tragedy" (USAAF 2nd Lt. John T. O'Neill)
Lowell Sun
January 30, 2010
Cara Anna (Associated Press)
"China suspends military exchanges with U.S."
Washington Times
January 30, 2010
Gary Soulsman
"Delaware Faith Files: Chaplains honored for sacrificing their lives" (US Army 1st Lt. George L. Fox, 1st Lt. Alexander D. Goode, 1st Lt. Clark V. Poling, and 1st Lt. John P. Washington)
Delaware Online
January 28, 2010
"Former PACOM Leader Moves to Hawaii Post"
Stars and Stripes (Pacific Edition)
January 24, 2010
"John C Felabom of Indiana (county unknown) killed WWII" (US Navy Motor Machinist's Mate John C. Felabom)
ancestry.com
January 24, 2010
"Fallen soldiers honored: Hundreds show up to pay respects to remains of 3 unidentified troops"
The Honolulu Advertiser
January 24, 2010
Onell R. Soto
"War vet's great-niece rights great wrong: After feds reject plea for military medals, donor steps in" (USAAF Sgt. Augustine J. Quevas)
The San Diego Union-Tribune
January 24, 2010
Dick Case
"He's digging to keep alive memory of a CNY man killed in World War II POW camp" (USAAF 1st Sgt. James H. Beebe)
syracuse.com
January 23, 2010
Eloísa Ruano González
"Families of military MIAs refuse to give up hope" (USAAF 2nd Lt. Jack S. Arnett)
Orlando Sentinel
January 20, 2010
Melonie Magruder
"World War II vet's battle for Tarawa comes home" (USMC 1st Lt. Alexander Bonnyman, Jr.)
The Malibu Times
January 20, 2010
Gary Zaetz
"Letter to the Editor: Researcher grateful for paper’s PFC Virgil Carson coverage" (US Army PFC Virgil B. Carson)
Buffalo Bulletin
January 19, 2010
Jill Callison
"Honoring the far-away fallen; Man's mission: Keep heroes' sacrifices alive" (US Merchant Marine Ordinary Seaman Carroll Torkelson)
Argus Leader
January 19, 2010
Charles A. Mills
"Letters: Honor Merchant Mariners"
Houston Chronicle
January 15, 2010
Bill Sizemore
"Va. lawmakers debate how to honor fallen veterans"
The Virginian-Pilot
January 15, 2010
"The Bracelet, the Hump, and Puffing Billy"
A Slice of Life
January 13, 2010
STATEMENT OF
ADMIRAL ROBERT F. WILLARD, UNITED STATES NAVY
COMMANDER
UNITED STATES PACIFIC COMMAND
BEFORE THE HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE
ON RECENT SECURITY DEVELOPMENTS INVOLVING CHINA
(See Admiral Willard's comments on future JPAC activities in China)
January 11, 2010
"Private George Watson: African American Earns Medal of Honor" (US Army Private George Watson)
Pacific Wrecks
January 11, 2010
Carol W. Kimball
"Who was William Seely?" (US Navy Seaman 1st Class William Eugene Seeley)
The Day
January 6, 2010
Josh Rhoten
"PFC Carson found" (US Army PFC Virgil B. Carson)
The Buffalo Bulletin
January 3, 2010
"Alexander William L. Co-pilot B17 42-3219"
12 O'Clock High
January 2, 2010
Kim Arlington
"Plane crash pilot known as 'Captain Cautious'"
The Sydney Morning Herald
January 2, 2010
Sian Powell
"Pilot's mission to honour war dead in PNG"
The Australian
January 1, 2010
Ilya Gridneff and Peter Venessin
"Six killed, Aust pilot fights for life"
The Canberra Times
American Battle Monuments Commission
"Henry H. Mosley" (US Army PFC Henry H. Mosley)
National World War II Memorial
(PFC Henry H. Mosley, from New Hanover County, North Carolina, was killed during Operation Grenade: the crossing of the Roer River on February 23, 1945. As of January 2010, his remains have yet to be recovered.)
December 2009
December 31, 2009
"Howard Clifton Enoch, Jr. Second Lieutenant, United States Army Air Forces"
Arlington National Cemetery Website
December 31, 2009
Anne Barrowclough
"Explorer Mick Leahy's son Richard badly hurt in PNG plane crash"
Times Online
December 31, 2009
Gary Zaetz
"US Army Technician 5th Class Robert Terrell Burruss, Lynchburg, VA"
ancestry.com
December 30, 2009
Gary Zaetz
"USAAF T/Sgt. George E. Peters of Columbus, Ohio"
Ancestry.com
December 29, 2009
"Hello from the UK" (US Army Technician 5th Class Robert T. Burruss)
U.S. Militaria Forum
December 28, 2009
Josh Rhoten
"Finding PFC Carson" (US Army PFC Virgil B. Carson)
Buffalo Bulletin
December 28, 2009
Kristen Inbody
"Mystery surrounding WWII soldier solved" (US Army PFC Virgil B. Carson)
Cody Enterprise
December 25, 2009 at 8:07 pm
Reese McKay (US Navy Ensign James Reese Boies)
War and Poetry - Blogcritics Culture
December 25, 2009
Jennifer Garza
"Family still hopes to get remains of pilot who died in Battle of the Bulge" (USAAF 2nd Lt. Hilding R. Johnson)
The Sacramento Bee
December 24, 2009
Lori Hall
"Until They Are Home...Recovery And Identification Of The Fallen An Honor For The Military"
EmmetsburgNews.com
December 23, 2009
Gary Zaetz
"1st Lt. Charles W. Harmer, US Army Air Force"
Ancestry.com
December 19, 2009
Gary Zaetz
"SSgt. Floyd Edgar Pressley, Jr. of Asheville, North Carolina"
Ancestry.com
December 19, 2009
Return to Tarawa - on Larry King Live
December 16, 2009
Donna Teresa
"In the Mood for Glenn Miller" (USAAF MAJ Alton Glenn Miller)
Veterans Today: Military Veterans and Foreign Affairs Journal
December 15, 2009
Jane Whitmore
"LTC Daniel N. Rouse To Present Program At VFW This Thursday"
EmmetsburgNews.com
December 14, 2009
"SockBrigade aids troops" (USAAF T/SGT. Robert J. Stinson)
Appeal-Democrat
December 13, 2009
"Funeral Held For WWII Pilot 60 Years Later: Pilot's Plane Found At Bottom Of Pacific Ocean" (US Army Air Force 2nd Lt. Jack S. Arnett)
WESH Orlando
December 13, 2009
Dave D'Marko
"World War II Airman Buried 65 Years Later " (US Army Air Force 2nd Lt. Jack S. Arnett)
Central Florida News 13
December 12, 2009
"WWII hero whose remains were returned is laid to rest" (US Army Air Force 2nd Lt. Jack S. Arnett and US Army Air Force TSgt. Charles T. Goulding)
Orlando Sentinel
December 9, 2009
Chris Lee
"Pearl Harbor attack felt in Holyoke" (US Navy Seaman First Class Virgel Zeiler Jr., US Navy Storekeeper Second Classs Richard Allen Owens and US Navy Shipfitter Second Class James Mitchell Lindsay)
The Holyoke Enterprise
December 8, 2009
"Patterson, Wallace Among the Greats" (US Navy Shipfitter Third Class Richard Anderson, Jr.)
New Britain Herald
December 8, 2009
Ted LaBorde
"Pearl Harbor vets recalled" (US Navy Chief Machinist's Mate Frank P. Wojtkiewicz)
The Republican
December 8, 2009
Stephen Hudak
"At long last, pilot returns from World War II: After 60 years at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, 2nd Lt. Jack S. Arnett will be memorialized Saturday in Orlando"
Orlando Sentinel
December 7, 2009
Frank Lee
"Honoring the fallen on anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack" (US Navy Motor Machinist's Mate, Third Class Leroy L. Germann)
St. Cloud Times
December 7, 2009
"Cicero honors sailor who died on USS Arizona: Niece keeps memory alive, vets to gather at memorial today" (US Navy Chief Petty Officer Joseph Philip Steffan)
Chicago Sun-Times
December 7, 2009
Candice Ferrette
"War hero's son battles boss over leave" (US Navy Aviation Radioman First Class Arthur C. Miller Sr.)
Poughkeepsie Journal
December 6, 2009
Guy Busby
"Full report: Remembering Pearl Harbor -- New marker honors Baldwin County native" (US Navy Painter First Class William Frederick Eernisse)
al.com
December 4, 2009
"A feather on the moon: Book chronicles lives, deaths of pilots who flew 'the Hump'"
The Willits News
December 4, 2009
The White House - Office of the Press Secretary
"Presidential Proclamation - National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day"
December 4, 2009
"'Freedom lives and through it he lives': Town to honor Naperville woman's uncle who died at Pearl Harbor" (US Navy Boatswain's Mate Second Class Joseph Philip Steffan)
Naperville Sun
December 4, 2009
David Bodenheimer
"Museum receives letter written from Pearl Harbor: Lexington man wrote to cousin two months before dying aboard USS Arizona" (US Navy Electrician's Mate Third Class Lloyd Harold Tussey)
The-Dispatch.com
December 3, 2009
"Letter to President Barack Obama: Respect for WWII MIAs who are finally coming home" (Arnett, Jack S. M. 2d Lt Arhar, Frank J. 2d Lt Doyle, Jimmie [NMI] S Sgt Goulding, Charles T. T Sgt Price, Leland D. S Sgt
Simpson, William B. Flt O Stinson, Robert J. T Sgt Yoh, Earl E. S Sgt , Moore, John [NMI] S Sgt Schumacher, Arthur J. 2d Lt Vick, Alexander R. S Sgt)
Congress.org
December 1, 2009
"Baton Rouge memorial site to honor Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day" (US Navy Rear Admiral Isaac C. Kidd)
DailyComet.com
December 1, 2009
Fred Brown
"83-year-old woman is thankful for area Mobile Meals program" (US Navy Seaman 1st Class John B. McPherson)
Knoxville News Sentinel
November 2009
November 30, 2009
"EDITORIAL: Stamp of approval for Doris Miller" (US Navy Cook 3rd Class Doris Miller)
Waco Tribune-Herald
November 29, 2009
Shirley Contreras
"Santa Maria Valley Timeline" (US Navy Fireman 2nd Class Clarence Eugene Cooper and US Navy Fireman 2nd Class Kenneth Erven Cooper)
Santa Maria Times
November 26, 2009
"Augustine Martin Vasquez Memorial Service held Nov. 14th: World War II Missing in Action or Buried at Sea" (US Navy Seaman 2nd Class Augustine Martin Vasquez)
San Saba News & Star
November 26, 2009
Dick Bridges
"There's a story of courage behind every paver: Area veterans, who are honored at the Veterans Memorial Plaza, served with valor and sacrifice." (US Navy Ensign Joseph Metcalf Hissem)
Telegraph Herald
November 26, 2009
"US Army PFC Virgil B. Carson, World War II Missing in Action"
GenForum
November 25, 2009
"WWII in HD - Something Missing"
Rough War
November 24, 2009
Regina Dennis
"Waco's World War II hero Doris Miller to be honored with stamp" (US Navy Cook Third Class Doris Miller)
The Waco Tribune-Herald
November 24, 2009
Steve Zalusky
"Arlington Heights man tracks down uncle lost in World War II" (USAAF 1ST LT. Wilson L. Pinkstaff and USAAF 1ST LT. Charles L. Maggart)
Daily Herald
November 23, 2009
David P. Colley
"Opinion: How World War II Wasn’t Won"
The New York Times
November 22, 2009
"JM-1 Marauder Bureau Number 66617" (US Navy Lt. (jg) Robert Lee Auer and US Navy Ensign Samuel Marsh, Jr.)
Pacific Wrecks
November 22, 2009
Heather Civil
"Families of military MIAs gather: DNA samples may link to remains"
The Clarion-Ledger
November 22, 2009
"1st Lt. Eugene L. Bernstein of New York, World War II Missing in Action"
ancestry.com
November 22, 2009
"USAAF 1st Lt. Allen R. Turner of Norfolk County, Massachusetts"
ancestry.com
November 22, 2009
"USAAF 1st Lt. Frederick W. Langhorst of Yonkers, New York"
ancestry.com
November 20, 2009
Rosemarie Peters Thompson
"Letter: Merchant Marine left out"
The Daily Astorian
November 20, 2009
"TBF-1 Avenger Bureau Number 00418 Side Number T-13" (US Navy Ensign Harry L. Corl and US Navy Aviation Ordnanceman 2nd Class Thomas R. Townsend)
Pacific Wrecks
November 19, 2009
Jennifer Amato and Jennifer Booton
"Towns hold ceremonies honoring Veterans Day" (US Army PFC Alvin Leigh Pardun)
Sentinel
November 19, 2009
Gerald M. Gay
"Group preserves B-26 memorabilia"
Arizona Daily Star
November 18, 2009
"KAPPLINGER, JARVIS M 270487 USMC CPL 04/09/1942"
Marine Barracks MIA Memorial Post
November 18, 2009
Jesse Yeatman
"‘He is found, and he has come home': Family honors World War II soldier missing in action since 1945" (US Army PFC John T. Abell)
SoMdNews.com
November 18, 2009
"DAR rallies to commandeer remains" (USAAF Lt. Jack Sterling Arnett)
TylerStarNews.com
November 18, 2009
Ashley Smith
"WWII airman finally laid to rest; family goes to Arlington cemetery" (USAAF 1st Lt. Wilson Pinkstaff)
Daily Record
November 18, 2009
Ian Graham
"Army Office Keeps Hope Alive for Families of Missing Soldiers" (1st Lt. Charles Maggart, 1st Lt. Wilson Pinkstaff, 2nd Lt. Frank Thompson, 2nd Lt. William Stocking, Sgt. Aub Lee Atkins Jr., CPL. Richard Grutza, Pfc. Antonio Calderon)
DoD Live
November 17, 2009
Jessica M. Karmasek
"Part of veteran's remains to be buried in W.Va." (USAAF Lt. Jack Sterling Arnett)
Charleston Daily Mail
November 2009
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Priority Goals 2010
November 16, 2009
Robert M. Pasek
"308th Bomber Group, 375th Bomber Squadron" (USAAF 2nd Lt. Keith W. Pinto)
ArmyAirForces.com
November 15, 2009
Bob Montgomery
"SENIOR MOMENTS: Bristol men on the USS Kidd" (US Navy Rear Admiral Isaac Campbell Kidd)
The Bristol Press
November 12, 2009
Harvey H. “Hardy” Jackson
"Remembering Sgt. Jewel Rivers" (USAAF Sgt. Jewel A. "Jack" Rivers)
The Clarke County Democrat
November 12, 2009
Cindy Hval
"War memorial overwhelms, surprises Deer Park resident" (US Navy Radioman 2nd Class George F. Maybee)
The Spokesman-Review
November 12, 2009
Mary Sue Chatfield
"Leland Thompson’s military service during WW II recounted by his brother" (US Navy Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Leland R. Thompson)
Keokuk's Daily Gate City Online
November 11, 2009
Randy Harrison
"Family from all over gathers to honor Musgrave" (US Army Air Force Staff Sgt. William K. Musgrave)
Daily News Online
November 11, 2009
"Another Exhibit In The Case For Less Government"
FamilyFoundationBlog.com: Reason and Truth in Virginia Politics
November 11, 2009
Dorian de Wind
"Frozen in Time, but Not Forgotten" (Ensign Max Lopez, Naval Aviator; Chief “Bud” Hendersin, Aviation Radio Mate 1st Class; and Chief Fred Williams, Aviation Machinists Mate 1st Class)
Imperial Valley News
November 11, 2009
Michael Randall
"Sister honors WWII vet 60 years after he vanished" (USAAF 1st Lt. Thomas C. Prizzia)
Times Herald-Record
November 11, 2009
"A look at Veteran's Day by the numbers"
The Telegraph
November 11, 2009
Marshall White
"Family recalls brother's loss" (US Navy Fireman 2nd Class Arthur J. DuPree)
The News-Press & St. Joe Now
November 11, 2009
"Maybe My Best Piece This Year"
Lonely Planet
November 11, 2009
Steve Friess
"One Man's Solemn Mission to Recover WWII Remains"
Sphere
November 11, 2009
Mary Gail Hare
"Dundalk family wants to bring sibling's remains home" (US Army PFC Robert B. Bayne)
The Baltimore Sun
November 11, 2009
Gracie Ramon
"A Long-Overdue Memorial Service" (US Navy Seaman Second Class Augustine Martine Vasquez)
KWTX.com
November 10, 2009
"A new reason to remember: Marine resident’s brother found after 65 years of questions" (USAAF PFC Kenneth Seidel)
Country Messenger
November 10, 2009
Kevin Allen
"South Bend-area relatives to attend pilot's burial in Arlington: He died 67 years ago during World War II" (USAAF Lt. Wilson Pinkstaff)
South Bend Tribune
November 9, 2009
Debby Eisenman
"Southbury gave its all for freedom" (US Navy Lt. Sigurd Lovdal and USAAF Staff Sergeant Clarence E. Pierce)
November 8, 2009
Susan Harrison Wolffis
"Hundreds attend Veterans Memorial Park's 75th anniversary celebration" (US Army PVT Roland P. Faulknor)
Muskegon News
November 7, 2009
Jennifer Garza
"WWII remains not of Stockton airman after all" (US Navy Aviation Ordnanceman Second Class Wesley Raymond Stuart)
The Sacramento Bee
November 7, 2009
Dick Case
"A trip to Central Square to mourn World War II dead" (USAAF S/SGT Wayne E. Herrick and US Army Technician 4th Class Gravace E. Herrick)
syracuse.com
November 7, 2009
Rusty Marks
"W.Va. airman's remains discovered after 60 years" (USAAF 2nd Lt. Jack S. M. Arnett)
Sunday Gazette-Mail
November 7, 2009
Gary Zaetz
"Re: John T. Tennison Jr." (USAAF 1st Lt. John T. Tennison, Jr.)
GenForum
November 6, 2009
Johnny K. Wang
"President Obama Signs Historic Bill to Seek all Missing in Action"
Sfnewsfeed.us
November 6, 2009
University of Connecticut
"Interactive Roll of Honor goes online on Veteran’s Day"
Stamfordplus.com
November 6, 2009
Tumbleweed Smith
"Talkin' Texas: Remains of World War II gunner buried in Lamesa" (USAAF S/SGT Jimmie Doyle)
MyWestTexas.com
November 5, 2009
"B-24J-45 Liberator Serial Number 42-73453"
Pacific Wrecks
November 5, 2009
Erica Smith
"Lt. Oscar D. Hutton Jr. last seen over Germany" (USAAF 2nd Lt. Oscar D. Hutton, Jr.)
St. Louis Post Dispatch
November 5, 2009
Erica Smith and Phillip O'Connor
"Lt. Wellington G. Irving last seen over Germany" (USAAF 2nd Lt. Wellington G. Irving)
St. Louis Post Dispatch
November 4, 2009
"B-25J-10-NC Mitchell Serial Number 43-36149"
Pacific Wrecks
November 3, 2009
Larry Hertz
"After 65 years, Poughkeepsie airman's family has chance to say goodbye" (US Navy Aviation Radioman 1st Class Arthur Carl Miller)
Poughkeepsie Journal
November 2, 2009
"B-17E "Tokyo Taxi" Serial Number 41-9153"
Pacific Wrecks
November 2, 2009
"B-17E "De-Icer" Serial Number 41-9128 "
Pacific Wrecks
November 2, 2009
Alicia Robinson
"After decades, family learns where son is buried" (US Army CPL Dario G. Vasquez)
The Press-Enterprise
November 1, 2009
Gwendolyn Waters
"Quest for Rex Eckles and B-17E "Tokyo Taxi"" (USAAF 1st Lt. Rex A. Eckles)
Pacific Wrecks
November 1, 2009
Evonne Coutros
"N.J.'s WWII-era seamen honored"
NorthJersey.com
October 2009
October 30, 2009
Michel Nolan
"World War II airman honored, buried after being missing for 65 years" (USAAF T/Sgt. Robert J. Stinson)
Redlands Daily Facts
October 30, 2009
Mark Muckenfuss
"Airman from San Bernardino, lost in Pacific 65 years ago, returns home" (USAAF T/Sgt. Robert J. Stinson)
The Press-Enterprise
October 29, 2009
"B-25D-20 Mitchell Serial Number 41-30621"
Pacific Wrecks
October 28, 2009
Michael Nolan
"Tears, joy, relief as family welcomes home SB airman who died 65 years ago" (USAAF T/Sgt. Robert J. Stinson)
San Bernardino Sun News
October 28, 2009
Gillian Flaccus
"Family welcomes home remains of WWII airman" (USAAF T/Sgt. Robert J. Stinson)
The Associated Press
October 2009
Keith Phillips
"Sign Our Petition"
Project Homecoming: From Honor to Home
Excerpt: "In late 2009, after thousands of letters from supporters like you, the House, Senate and President Obama instructed the Defense Department to triple the rate of recoveries of American Missing Service Personnel, and to seek the missing of all wars. We thank you, the Military, and the legislaters involved for this leap forward. But there is still much to do. There is no guarantee that the thousands of American heroes remains that have already been located will be returned. Nor is there a plan to systematically seek the 24-34,000 missing the Defense Department views as "Possibly Recoverable" while witnesses and survivors live."
October 25, 2009
"October 2009 - The 2010 National Defense Authorization Act has responded directly to History Flight MIA research on Tarawa!"
History Flight
October 25, 2009
Michelle Skeen
"Bedford’s contribution to Operation Overlord inspires ‘Tuesday Mourning’" (US Army Staff Sgt. Raymond S. Hoback)
Waynesboro News Virginian
October 24, 2009
John Bogert
"Finding tales behind `We regret to inform you ...'" (USAAF S/Sgt. Morris Meyers)
The Daily Breeze
October 24, 2009
"MIA Vote Passes in Congress"
Pacific Wrecks Newsletter
October 24, 2009
"Willmar native might be unknown soldier buried in France" (US Navy Motor Machinist's Mate 1st Class John E. Anderson)
West Central Tribune
October 24, 2009
Meg Jones
"Book recalls Wisconsin's deadliest day in World War II" (US Army PVT. Fay Baldon)
Journal Sentinel
October 24, 2009
Jenn Rowell
"Historians honored for work" (USAAF 1st Lt. Sherman White Jr. and 2nd Lt. James McCullin)
Montgomery Advertiser
October 22, 2009
Kevin Cullen
"Epilogue for a Lost Marine" (USMC Staff Sergeant William Joseph Lynch)
The Boston Globe
October 22, 2009
Rudy deLeon
"Honoring the Unaccounted and Missing in Action"
Center for American Progress
October 21, 2009
Barbi Ennis Connolly
"Lt John F Campbell, Pilot, KIA, 31 March, 1943"
Footnote.com
October 20, 2009
"B-17F-20-BO "Omar Khayyam / The Plastered Bastard" Serial No 41-24534"
Pacific Wrecks
October 20, 2009
"USAAF 1st Lt. Eugene L. Bernstein, Missing in Action"
ancestry.com
October 19, 2009
"C-87A-CF Liberator Serial Number 41-24174"
Pacific Wrecks
October 19, 2009
Robert Greinert and Alfred (Fred) Hagen
"Letter to the Editor: Efforts to find WWII aircraft appropriate" (USAAF Lt. Marion C. "Carter" Lutes)
The Boston Globe
October 18, 2009
Ron Devlin
"Ex-Shillington woman helps government identify remains of servicemen, women: Scientist practices forensic anthropology for U.S. government"
Reading Eagle
October 17, 2009
Gary Zaetz
"Letter to the Editor: Anxious to help in the Search" (USAAF 1st Lt. Raymond Behrend)
The Tribune
October 17, 2009
"US Army PFC Virgil B. Carson of Johnson County, Wyoming"
ancestry.com
October 16, 2009
"P-38G-13-LO Lightning Serial Number 43-2218"
Pacific Wrecks
October 15, 2009
"Political Scene: The final version of the defense authorization bill"
The Doings-Hinsdale
October 15, 2009
Clay Lord
"Louisiana WWII Casualties List Look-ups"
ancestry.com
October 14, 2009
"B-24D-130-CO "The Milk Run / Hit Parader" Serial Number 42-41087"
Pacific Wrecks
October 11, 2009
"Army Air Force Sgt. Henry C. Jones, Jr. of Estill County, KY"
ancestry.com
October 11, 2009
Cindy Corell
"From one storyteller to a cast of others" (US Army Staff Sgt. Raymond S. Hoback)
The New Leader
October 8, 2009
"Lipinski's Actions Spur Pentagon to act on Recovering Remains of Fallen Heroes"
Congressman Dan Lipinski Representing the 3rd District of Illinois
October 7, 2009
House of Representatives, 111th Congress, 1st Session, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, Conference Report to Accompany H. R. 2647
"Additional requirements for accounting for members of the Armed
Forces and Department of Defense civilian employees listed as
missing in conflicts occurring before enactment of new system
for accounting for missing persons (sec. 541)
The House bill contained a provision (sec. 561) that would
amend section 1509 of title 10, United States Code, to require
the Secretary of Defense to implement a comprehensive and fully
resourced program to account for missing persons from all
conflicts beginning with World War II. The provision would
expand the prisoner of war/missing in action (POW/MIA) community
to include other elements of the Department which are involved
in the accounting for and recovery of missing persons, such as
the Defense Intelligence Agency's Stony Beach program. Finally,
the provision would require the Secretary of Defense to take
necessary measures to ensure that the number of missing persons
annually accounted for increases to 200 by 2015 and 350 by 2020.
The Senate amendment contained no similar provision.
The Senate recedes with an amendment that would require the
Secretary of Defense to ensure adequate resources are provided
to the POW/MIA accounting community necessary to account for 200
persons annually by 2015. The conferees understand that
accounting for 200 persons annually by 2015 represents a
significant increase from the current accounting effort. Given
that more than 80,000 service members remain missing from the
Nation's conflicts from World War I1 to the present, and that
achieving the fullest possible accounting of those missing has
been a long-standing national priority, the conferees believe
that the Department should make every effort to increase the
number of persons accounted for annually. As accounting efforts
become more difficult with the passage of time, the conferees
urge the Secretary of Defense to increase annual accounting to
350 by 2020."
October 6, 2009
Marie Strumolo Burke
"Local hero leads charge" (USAAF Brig. Gen. Kenneth N. Walker)
Belleville Times
October 3, 2009
John Bogert
"Bay search will try to bring lost WWII pilot home" (Gertrude Tompkins Silver)
Contra Costa Times
October 2, 2009
Bob Zientara
"Radcliffe man seeks clues to cousin’s World War II fate" (USAAF 1st Lt. Raymond Behrend, 1st Lt. Donald E. Painter, 1st Lt. Walter R. Nelson, 1st Lt. Morris M. Puryear, 1st Lt. Charles W. Harmer, TSgt. Walter G. Wolfe, Jr., SSgt. Floyd E. Pressley, Jr., SSgt. Pete S. Augustynovich, TSgt. George E. Peters, SSgt. John F. Boggs and SSGt. Joseph X. Bongiorno)
Ames Tribune
October 2, 2009
" F-4-1-LO Lightning Serial Number 41-2098 Tail 98"
Pacific Wrecks
October 2, 2009
"F-4-1-LO Lightning Serial Number ?"
Pacific Wrecks
October 1, 2009
"Petition Regarding MIA Vote in Congress"
Pacific Wrecks Newsletter
October 1, 2009
Lalit K. Jha
"Direct Talks Will Test Junta’s Intentions: US"
The Irrawaddy: Covering Burma and Southeast Asia
October 1, 2009
Catharin Dalpino
"Out of the Starting Gate: The Burma Review"
The ASI Blog: The MacArthur Asia Security Initiative
September 2009
September 2009
MOAA Discussion Forums: "JPAC: Should JPAC make World War II recoveries a priority?"
Military Officers Association of America (MOAA)
September 30, 2009
Richard Leahy
"Feelings About Recovery Operation" (USAAF Lt. Marion Lutes)
Pacific Wrecks
September 30, 2009
Hearings on Burma: Testimony of David I. Steinberg, Professor, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, U.S. SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE ON ASIA AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS HEARINGS ON BURMA
ReliefWeb
September 30, 2009
Kurt M. Campbell
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Statement Before the Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Washington, DC
"U.S. Policy Toward Burma"
U.S. Department of State
September 30, 2009
"65 years after disappearance, search for WW II WASP pilot will begin anew" (Gertrude Tompkins)
The Independent Press
September 30, 2009
"Goodman Legion Float To Honor Two Lost Sailors" (US Navy Seaman 1st Class George Rocque and Painter 2nd Class James C. Dickie)
Peshtigo Times
September 30, 2009
"For those who feel JPAC is not getting enough funding to recover MIAs"
Wreckchasing Message Board
September 27, 2009
Kara Murphy
"World War II flier's body buried at Erie cemetery" (USAAF 2nd Lt. Edward R. French)
Erie Times-News
September 27, 2009
Andrew Eder
"Military DNA lab moving to Dover Air Force Base: Facility to help answer families' questions about how loved ones died, as new policy mandates full forensic investigations"
The News Journal
September 27, 2009
Phillip O'Connor
"Pride & prejudice: Tuskegee Airmen awarded Purple Hearts"
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
September 26, 2009
Erica Smith
"Lt. Fred L. Brewer Jr. disappears during mission"
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
September 26, 2009
Erica Smith
"Lt. John H. Chavis disappears during mission"
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
September 26, 2009
Erica Smith
"Capt. Alfonza W. Davis scores aerial kill"
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
September 26, 2009
Erica Smith
"Capt. Lawrence E. Dickson crashes in Italy"
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
September 26, 2009
Erica Smith
"Lt. Maurice V. Esters disappears in Adriatic Sea"
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
September 26, 2009
Erica Smith
"Lt. Samuel J. Foreman disappears over Yugoslavia"
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
September 26, 2009
Erica Smith
"Lt. Frederick D. Funderburg Jr. scores 2 aerial kills"
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
September 26, 2009
Erica Smith
"Lt. Samuel Jefferson killed in crash near Corsica"
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
September 26, 2009
Erica Smith
"Lt. Charles B. Johnson killed in crash near Corsica"
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
September 26, 2009
Erica Smith
"Lt. Samuel G. Leftenant killed over Austria"
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
September 26, 2009
Erica Smith
"Capt. Andrew Maples Jr. bails from plane, disappears"
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
September 26, 2009
Erica Smith
"Lt. Andrew D. Marshall evades German soldiers"
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
September 26, 2009
Erica Smith
"Lt. George T. McCrumby: 'I had no alternative but to jump'"
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
September 26, 2009
Erica Smith
"Lt. James L. McCullin first Tuskegee Airman from St. Louis"
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
September 26, 2009
Erica Smith
"Flight Officer Leland H. Pennington missing over Yugoslavia"
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
September 26, 2009
Erica Smith
"Lt. James R. Polkinghorne disappears in clouds"
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
September 26, 2009
Erica Smith
"Lt. Roosevelt Stiger reports plane trouble, crashes"
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
September 26, 2009
Erica Smith
"Capt. Robert B. Tresville crashes after navigation error"
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
September 26, 2009
Erica Smith
"Lt. Sherman H. White Jr. among first killed in action"
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
September 26, 2009
Erica Smith
"Lt. William F. Williams Jr. disappears in dense clouds"
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
September 26, 2009
Erica Smith
"Flight Officer Carl J. Woods disappears over Adriatic Sea"
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
September 26, 2009
Erica Smith
"Lt. Albert L. Young disappears during escort mission"
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
September 24, 2009
Patricia A. Russell
"MIA discovery of WWII remains leads family to ask for help" (USAAF Capt. Jennings H. Mease, 2nd Lt. Samuel E. Lunday, 1st Lt. James M. Jeffrey, Sgt. Elwood E. Stevens and Pfc. Mervyn E. Sims)
The Valley Breeze
September 24, 2009
Paul Srubas
"Remains of Green Bay soldier lost in WWII returned, laid to rest" (2nd Lt. Robert Streckenbach Jr. )
Green Bay Press-Gazette
September 23, 2009
"Search Underway for Missing Heroine of World War II and her P-51 Mustang" (Gertrude Tompkins)
Scuba Diving Magazine
September 22, 2009
Colonel Jennings H. Mease, Jr.
"Today's Officer Forum: JPAC Priorities"
MOAA: Military Officer Association of America
September 19, 2009
"Streckenbach, Jr., 2nd Lieutenant Robert R.: Home at Last"
Green Bay Press-Gazette
September 19, 2009
Mark Leland
"World War II casualty returned home" (USAAF 2nd Lt. Robert R. Streckenbach, Jr.)
FOX11 WLUK-TV
September 19, 2009
Jesse Dunsmore
"Remembering the missing: POW-MIA ceremony honors missing military personnel" ("8,000 POWs or MIAs yet to return home to Michigan from World War II")
The Times Herald
September 18, 2009
"Sen. Begich Honors POW/MIA Recognition Day"
Mark Begich: U.S. Senator for the State of Alaska
September 18, 2009
JPAC Press Center
RELEASE NO. #09-10
"JPAC Arrival Ceremony Sept. 25"
September 18, 2009
"Brown Honors U.S. Armed Forces on National POW/MIA Recognition Day"
Sherrod Brown: United States Senator for Ohio
September 18, 2009
Greg Gross
"Niece of missing soldier speaks at Navy base"
The Sentinel Online
September 18, 2009
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates
"Speech: POW/MIA Recognition Day, As Delivered by Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, Washington, D.C., Friday, September 18, 2009" (USAAF Staff Sergeant Jimmie Doyle)
DefenseLink
September 18, 2009
Gerry J. Gilmore
"Pentagon ceremony salutes former POWs, missing in action"
AF.mil
September 18, 2009
"Press Release: Congressman Sestak Marks National POW/MIA Recognition Day;
Honors the Sacrifices of our Brave Men and Women"
Joe Sestak Representing the 7th District of Pennsylvania
September 17, 2009
Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office
Personnel Accounting Cooperation with Japan As of September 17, 2009
September 17, 2009
The White House: Office of the Press Secretary
NATIONAL POW/MIA RECOGNITION DAY, 2009: BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, A PROCLAMATION
September 17, 2009
Scott Huddleston
"Families, Navy at odds over 1946 crash" (US Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Fred Williams, Ensign Maxwell Lopez and Petty Officer 1st Class Wendell Hendersin)
San Antonio Express-News
September 15, 2009
"Feds urged to recover Marines killed in WWII battle"
The Daily Breeze
September 14, 2009
Todd Helberg
"Area World War II soldier will be remembered at ceremony" (USAAF SSgt. Leland D. Price)
Crescent-News.com
September 14, 2009
"Return to Tarawa"
The Tokyo Reporter
September 13, 2009
Margaret Kath
"John T. Tennison, Jr." (USAAF 1ST LT. John T. Tennison, Jr.)
GenForum
September 13, 2009
Colonel Litchfield
"Today's Officer Forum: JPAC"
MOAA: Military Officers Association of America
September 13, 2009
Jannette Pippin
"Research expedition reveals history of YP-389"
jdnews.com
September 11, 2009
Brian Albrecht
"64 years after airman Alden Hershiser was killed, he's buried in Patriot Day ceremony" (USAAF 1st Lt. Alden Hershiser)
The Plain Dealer
September 11, 2009
"Tarawa MIA Search"
VFW Washington Weekly
September 11, 2009
"US Navy Ship Sunk In World War II Battle Found"
ScienceDaily
September 10, 2009
Jo Dee Black
"Boat sunk by Germans in WW II discovered in Atlantic" (US Navy Fireman 1st Class Wilson Burnett Cole, Seaman 2nd Class Charley F. Hensley)
Great Falls Tribune
September 10, 2009
Tina Kells
"YP-389: Sunken WWII Navy Patrol Boat Found"
NowPublic
September 10, 2009
"POWs, MIAs to be saluted at ceremony"
Examiner
September 9, 2009
Keith Phucas
"Catholic War Veterans keep history alive"
MontgomeryNews.com
September 9, 2009
Naval History and Heritage Command and National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration Public Affairs
"World War II Navy Ship Wreck Located Off North Carolina Coast"
NAVY.mil
September 9, 2009
Karren Rhodes
"National POW/MIA Day is every day for Dayton man"
Reno Gazette-Journal
September 8, 2009
U.S. Department of Defense
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)
News Release
"Senior Executive Service Appointments and Reassignments"
DefenseLink
" Robert J. Newberry has been assigned as deputy assistant secretary of defense for prisoners of war/missing personnel affairs and director, defense POW and missing personnel office, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, Washington, D.C. Newberry previously served as chief of staff, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy."
September 8, 2009
MAJ Tracy E. Lewis
"JPAC Teams Search for World War II Remains"
U.S. Pacific Command Blog
September 7, 2009
Kim Hone-McMahan
"Family finally gets answers on pilot killed in WWII" (USAAF 1st Lt. Alden Hershiser)
The Akron Beacon Journal
September 7, 2009
"Dearmon Column: Ruth Cannon left her own mark on Kannapolis" (USAAF 2nd Lt. Charles Albert Cannon, Jr.)
SalisburyPost.com
September 6, 2009
"Project Homecoming: Assisting the families of WWII military personnel in the recovery of their missing relatives"
Canada Free Press
September 6, 2009
John Brindisi
"Letter: The Search for Remains"
The New York Times
September 6, 2009
Elisabeth Bumiller
"Quest to recover WWII war dead: Team combs through mud in painstaking effort to find some of 74,000 still missing"
The Press Democrat
September 5, 2009
Maureen O'Donnell
"Man meets survivor of WW II battle that killed sibling" (US Navy Seaman 1st Class John W. "Jack" Egan)
Chicago Sun-Times
September 4, 2009
Richard Degener
"Fishing boat finds old propeller, may help solve WWII mysteries"
pressofAtlanticCity.com
September 3, 2009
Lou Hebert
"WWII aircraft wreckage confirmed; pilot from Fremont" (USAAF Lt. Colonel Jack Zimmerman)
WNWO NBC24
September 3, 2009
Susie Stephens-Harvey
"Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) for POW/MIA Affairs Named"
Thank You For Your Service
September 1, 2009
CNHI News Service
"POWs and MIAs from 27 states to be honored in Andersonville"
The Moultrie Observer
Don Vaughan
"Lost in the Himalayas" (USAAF 1st Lt. William A. Swanson (VT), Flight Officer Sheldon L. Chambers (PA), 1st Lt. Irwin G. Zaetz (VT), 1st Lt. Robert E. Oxford (GA), SSgt. Charles D. Ginn (IL), SSgt. Harry E. Queen (MA), Sgt. James A. Hinson (NC), Sgt. Alfred H. Gerrans, Jr. (NC))
Military Officer (September 2009)
August 2009
POW/MIA Families in Support of House Resolution 111
US Navy Antarctic Aircrew - Repatriate These Men (Ensign Maxwell A. Lopez, Naval Aviator,
Chief Wendell "Bud" Hendersin, Aviation Radiomate 1st Class, Chief Fred Williams, Aviation Machinist's Mate 1st Class)
August 31, 2009
Carolyn Olkives
"Honor the Flag"
Leader-Telegram
August 31, 2009
Elizabeth Mohr
"A Marine on St. Croix man finally learns the fate of his MIA brother" (US Army Air Forces PFC Kenneth L. Seidel)
Pioneer Press
August 31, 2009
Kevin Dougherty
"JPAC team on mission to recover remains of U.S. servicemembers missing from WWII"
Stars and Stripes (European Edition)
August 27, 2009
Walter Lohman
"Playing Into the Hands of Burma’s Junta"
The Jakarta Globe
August 26, 2009
John Chappell
"'Friendship': China, N.C. Moving on Agreement" (USAAF 2nd Lt. Robert Hoyle Upchurch)
ThePilot.com
August 26, 2009
David Allen
"Calif. university says origins of alleged WWII bones are a mystery"
Stars and Stripes
August 26, 2009
Haidee V. Eugenio
"UC Berkeley: Origin of bones from Saipan a mystery"
Saipan Tribune
August 26, 2009
Doug Oakley
"U.S., Japanese governments investigate origins of human bones stored at UC Berkeley"
The Oakland Tribune
August 25, 2009
Zach E. J. Williams
"Museum's Human Bones Collection Under Fire"
The Daily Californian
August 25, 2009
Jim Webb (United States Senator from Virginia)
"We Can’t Afford to Ignore Myanmar"
The New York Times
August 23, 2009
John Andrew Prime
"The Casualties" (Sailors from Louisiana among the more than 3,500 U.S. servicemen killed on U.S. Navy submarines during World War II)
The Times
August 23, 2009
John Andrew Prime
"Shreveport memorial eyed for lost World War II submarine" (US Navy Signalman 2nd Class Carl McCasland "Mack" Bickham)
The Times
August 22, 2009
Brian Albrecht
"WW II pilot's remains coming home to Akron" (USAAF 1st Lt. Alden Hershisher)
The Plain Dealer
August 21, 2009
Jim Doyle
"UC offers to return Japanese remains"
San Francisco Chronicle
August 21, 2009
Randy Boswell
"Sunken wreck may have preserved airmen's remains" (USAAF Lt.-Col. Harry J. Zimmerman; Capt. Carney Lee Dowlen; Sgt. Charles O. Richardson; Pvt. Erwin G. Austin; and Pvt. Peter J. Cuzins)
The Province
August 20, 2009
"State POW/MIA Chairman for 2009-2010 Announced"
North Carolina VFW POW/MIA Affairs Committee
August 19, 2009
Jim Doyle
"State lawmakers tell UC: Return war dead bones"
San Francisco Chronicle
August 19, 2009
"Editorial: UC must return the remains"
San Francisco Chronicle
August 19, 2009
John Wilkens
"Nephew on a quest for airman" (USAAF Staff Sergeant Larry Grasha)
SignOnSanDiego.com
August 18, 2009
Susan Warren
"DoD Launches New Web Portal"
Thank You For Your Service
August 18, 2009
Haidee V. Eugenio
"Japanese skulls from Saipan kept at Calif. museum stir controversy"
Saipan Tribune
August 17, 2009
Staff Sgt. Nathan Gallahan
" 'Resolve of our Nation' found at American Cemetery"
RAF Lakenheath
August 17, 2009
Kristin Inbody
"WWII memorial dedicated" (US Army PFC Virgil B. Carson)
Cody Enterprise
August 16, 2009
Jim Doyle
"Japanese war dead skulls at UC museum"
San Francisco Chronicle
August 16, 2009
Kristina Smith Horn
"Remains of famed pilot Zimmerman possibly discovered near remote village" (USAAF Lt.-Col. Harry J. Zimmerman)
LancasterEagleGazette.com
August 15, 2009
"US Senator says India one of US' strongest allies"
Express India
August 15, 2009
Nandini Jayakrishna
" World War II airman buried with honors in Woburn" (USAAF Staff Sergeant James Bernard Moore)
The Boston Globe
August 15, 2009
Marie Coady
"S/SGT JAMES B. MOORE IS FINALLY COMING HOME" ((USAAF Staff Sergeant James Bernard Moore)
"IN MEMORY OF “DINTY” AND HIS CREWMATES"
Woburn, MA - Official Website
August 13, 2009
Milton J. Valencia
"Woburn welcomes home fallen soldier: To be buried with military honors 66 years after going missing" (USAAF Staff Sergeant James Bernard Moore)
The Boston Globe
August 11, 2009
"JPAC Documents a Successful Recovery Mission in Hungary"
JPAC Press Center
August 9, 2009
Roger Amsden
"Purple Hearts for those who paid ultimate price" (USAAF Captain Harl Pease, Jr.)
UnionLeader.com
Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs
"POW/MIA Recognition Day: September 18, 2009"
August 7, 2009
John Carlson
"Lost over Hungary in 1945, Iowan is at last coming home" (USAAF Sgt. 1st Class Marvin Steinford)
Des Moines Register
August 7, 2009
Les Perreaux
"An aircraft mystery finally solved: Sonar finds U.S. military plane that went down in Gulf of St. Lawrence 67 years ago" (USAAF Lt.-Col. Harry J. Zimmerman; Capt. Carney Lee Dowlen; Sgt. Charles O. Richardson; Pvt. Erwin G. Austin; and Pvt. Peter J. Cuzins)
The Globe and Mail
August 7, 2009
The Canadian Press
"U.S. seaplane wreckage possibly found in Quebec" (USAAF Lt.-Col. Harry J. Zimmerman; Capt. Carney Lee Dowlen; Sgt. Charles O. Richardson; Pvt. Erwin G. Austin; and Pvt. Peter J. Cuzins)
CTV Montreal
August 6, 2009
"Repatriation Ceremony held for fallen Americans in Vanuatu"
JPAC Press Center
August 6, 2009
Ian Austen
"Canada Finds Wreck of U.S. Aircraft From World War II" (USAAF Lt.-Col. Harry J. Zimmerman; Capt. Carney Lee Dowlen; Sgt. Charles O. Richardson; Pvt. Erwin G. Austin; and Pvt. Peter J. Cuzins)
The New York Times
August 6, 2009
Randy Boswell
"Wreckage of U.S. warplane found off Quebec coast." (USAAF Lt.-Col. Harry J. Zimmerman; Capt. Carney Lee Dowlen; Sgt. Charles O. Richardson; Pvt. Erwin G. Austin; and Pvt. Peter J. Cuzins)
canada.com
August 5, 2009
"42-40311 - B-24D Disappeared en Route Puerto Rico" (USAAF T. Sgt. Charles D. Hughes)
ArmyAirForces.com
August 4, 2009
Jeff Mullin
" Working to bring everyone home" (USAAF 2nd Lt. Elden J. Campbell and US Army Captain Robert Lee Cooper)
The Enid News and Eagle
August 4, 2009
Pablo Gorondi (Associated Press)
"Remains of World War II US airman found in Hungary handed over to US military for repatriation" (USAAF Sgt. 1st Class Marvin Steinford)
ktla.com
August 3, 2009
Christine O. Gregoire, Governor of the State of Washington
Proclamation: POW/MIA Recognition Day
August 4, 2009
Jim Camden
"Dog tag’s journey helps complete family’s story: WWII identification, recovered by chance, makes its way to soldier’s sister"
The Spokesman-Review
August 1, 2009
Ralph Wetterhahn
"Above and Beyond: Recovery: Bataan" (USAAF Lt. Earl R. Stone)
Air & Space Smithsonian
July 2009
July 31, 2009
"House Passes 2010 Defense Appropriations Bill"
NAUS Member News
July 31, 2009
Joshua Hull
"LeBow leads survivors' group from World War II's USS Indianapolis"
Avalanche-Journal
July/August 2009
Thom Wilborn
"Find Missing Americans: Agencies to Review Policy"
DAV Magazine
July/August 2009
The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency
Christina P. (author's complete surname not published)
"GEOINT Aids Recovery of World War II Airmen"
Pathfinder: The Geospatial Intelligence Magazine
This article is also found at this link:
July 28, 2009
Testimony of Dr. Celeste A. Wallander
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia Policy, Department of Defense, July 28, 2009, House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, “July 6-8, 2009 Moscow Summit”
July 27, 2009
George Moore
"Clearing up a 64-year-old mystery" (USAAF S/SGT James B. Moore)
Record-Journal
July 27, 2009
Libby Carr
"Story behind a brick of a hero" (USAAF 2nd Lt. Eugene P. Shauvin)
West Seattle Herald
July 26, 2009
Sharon Ray
"James Reese Boies (1922-1943)" (US Navy Ensign James Reese Boies)
Find a Grave Memorial
July 26, 2009
Shannon S. Schwaller
"Flying 8-Balls:The Ploesti Raid."
WWW.ARMY.MIL
July 24, 2009
"More on the NDAA"
NAUS Member News
July 24, 2009
"2010 NDAA Passed by Senate"
NAUS Member News
July 23, 2009
John J. Kruzel (American Forces Press Service)
"Keating Reflects on POW/MIA Mission Ahead of Retirement"
DefenseLink
July 22, 2009
Christopher Szabo
"Body of U.S. Airman 'Missing' For 64 Years Exhumed in Hungary" (USAAF Staff Sergeant Marvin J. Steinford)
Digital Journal
July 21, 2009
Jesse Salisbury
"Group seeking relatives of fallen NH servicemen: Ex-POW Order to give posthumous Purple Hearts to men who died in captivity"
The Telegraph
July 21, 2009
"'You Are Forgotten,' Claims a Veteran of the 79,200 MIAs of WWII"
News Blaze
July 20, 2009
Philip Dahl White
American Legion Post 13, Lewiston, Idaho
"DOD SEEKS REMAINS OF MISSING SERVICEMEN FROM PAST WARS" (USMC PVT Cecil Marvin White)
Idaho Division of Veterans Services Bulletin, July 2009
July 20, 2009
Susie Stephens-Harvey
"DYING FOR FREEDOM ISN'T THE WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN....BEING FORGOTTEN IS"
ThankYouForYourService.US
July 20, 2009
Deborah Saul
"Memorial to U.S. bombing crew" (USAAF 2nd Lt. Lester W. Knab)
The Monroe Evening News
July 19, 2009
Joey Kennedy
"JOEY KENNEDY -- Too many of our World War II heroes never return" (US Navy Lt. Woodie L. McVay)
al.com
July 18, 2009
"World War II Sailor Is Remembered In His Home Town" (US Navy Electrician's Mate 1st Class Ryder Mathison)
KCAU-TV abc9
July 17, 2009
George Moore
"Soldier's remains returned after 65 years" (USAAF S/SGT James B. Moore)
Myrecordjournal.com
July 17, 2009
Chiyomi Sumida
"Three U.S. POWs added to roster of Hiroshima deaths" (US Navy Ensign John J. Hantschel, US Army Sgt. Ralph J. Neal, and US Army Sgt. Buford J. Ellison)
Stars and Stripes
July 17, 2009
"Lipinski Backs Bill To Bring Back Vet Remains"
Southwest News-Herald
July 14, 2009
April Douglas and Liz Nelson
"WWII pilot missing since '44 buried" (US Navy Lt. Woodie Lackland McVay Jr.)
FOX10tv.com
July 13, 2009
PRESS RELEASE: Handover to the American Side of Copies of Archival Documents from the Stocks of the Russian State Military Archive
MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
July 12, 2009
"Obituary: Lt. Woodie Lackland McVay Jr., USNR"
The Mississippi Press/Press-Register
July 11, 2009
Lisa Bernard-Kuhn
"At long last, WWII hero honored" (USAAF Sgt. Wendall G. Fugett)
Cincinnati.com
July 11, 2009
Marie Rossiter
"WWII casualty finally gets full military funeral" (USAAF Sgt. Wendall G. Fugett)
Middletown Journal
July 11, 2009
Deb Silverman
"WWII Airman's Funeral Held Decades After Death" (USAAF Sgt. Wendall G. Fugett)
WCPO.com
July 11, 2009
Laura Borchers
"Family, Vets Honor Airman Killed In WWII" (USAAF Sgt. Wendall G. Fugett)
WLWT Cincinnati
July 11, 2009
David Ferrara
"Sixty-five years later, WWII pilot's remains are home in Mobile" (US Navy Lt. Woodie Lackland McVay Jr.)
Mobile Press-Register
July 10, 2009
Howard Wilkinson
"Shot down in WWII, airman finally gets funeral" (USAAF Sgt. Wendall G. Fugett)
CincyMobile.com
July 10, 2009
"Body of missing World War II Navy aviator returns to Mobile for burial" (US Navy Lt. Woodie Lackland McVay Jr.)
The Birmingham News
July 9, 2009
Joey Kennedy
"JOEY KENNEDY -- World War II hero returns home to Alabama 65 years after his death" (US Navy Lt. Woodie Lackland McVay Jr.)
The Birmingham News
July 8, 2009
Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)
"VFW Overseas Initiative Helps U.S. POW/MIA Search Efforts in Russia"
The Official Site of Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
July 6, 2009
Conor Humphries
"U.S. says Russia restores POW commission"
Reuters
July 6, 2009
The White House: Office of the Press Secretary
"FACT SHEET: U.S. – Russia Joint Commission on POW/MIAs"
July 4, 2009
Maureen Boyle
"VIDEO EXTRA: Carver residents searching for those lost in service: DNA samples could lead to identifying loved ones lost in war" (USAAF Corporal Richard H. Loring)
The Enterprise
July 3, 2009
H. Res 111 Update - 3 July 09
July 2, 2009
Jim Cox
"WWII Crash Site May Be Found: Wrecked plane could contain remains of Clarke Countian missing since '44" (USAAF Sgt. Jewel A. Rivers)
The Clarke County Democrat
July 2, 2009
Bob Podurgiel
"Research produces stories for Scott man to remember veterans" (US Army PVT William E. Hagerty, USAAF TSGT Samuel W. Allender, Jr., US Navy Seaman First Class Alexander P. Asti)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
June 2009
June 2009
Adrian Leist Caldwell
"Dutch Honor Missing Airman in Painting" (USAAF Staff Sgt. Leroy E. Leist)
The Star (Bulletin of the American World War II Orphans Network)
June 2009
Peter Gwin
"Finding the Fallen"
National Geographic
June 30, 2009
"Editorials: POW/MIA session shows feds at best"
Nashua Telegraph
June 30, 2009
Tim Gallagher
"Gallagher: Family remembers lost World War II sailor" (US Navy Electrician's Mate First Class Ryder Mathison)
The Sioux City Journal
June 29, 2009
"12 Months Later: WWII Crash Victims" (USAAF Flight Officer Sheldon Chambers)
pressofAtlanticCity.com
June 29, 2009
Brian Lindner
"Unraveling the mystery of the ‘Little Warrior’" (USAAF 2nd Lt. Sidney A. Benson)
Marblehead Reporter
June 28, 2009
Dean Shalhoup
"Seminar gives families of POW/MIA hope"
Nashua Telegraph
June 26, 2009
"Career Diplomat Charles Ray To Be Named US Ambassador to Zimbabwe"
VOA News
June 26, 2009
"LIPINSKI PRESSES DEFENSE DEPARTMENT TO LOCATE REMAINS OF U.S. SERVICE MEMBERS KILLED IN BATTLE OF TARAWA"
June 25, 2009
Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL]
Debate: H.R.2647
C-SPAN Congressional Chronicle
June 22, 2009
Amendment to H.R. 2647, As Reported Offered by Mr. Lipinski of Illinois: Sense of Congress Regarding the Recovery of the Remains of Members of the Armed Forces who were Killed During World War II During the Battle of the Tarawa Atoll
Table of Contents: H.R. 2647: FY2010 National Defense Authorization Act Summary
(See, especially, Military Personnel Subcommittee: Improved Accounting for Missing Members of the Armed Forces in Conflicts)
June 21, 2009
John Andrew Prime
"World War II bomber crash leads to journey for family"
The Times
June 21, 2009
"Journey to the Heart of the World War II Museum" (US Army Major Earl R. Kindig and USAAF 2nd Lt. George P. Gaffney, Jr.)
C-SPAN Video Library
June 18, 2009
Testimony of The National Association for Uniformed Services (NAUS), presented by NAUS Legislative Director Rick Jones, before the Senate Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense Appropriations
June 14, 2009
Joey Kennedy
"Alabama's Lt. Woodie McVay, World War II hero, can finally rest in peace" (US Navy Lt. Woodie Lackland McVay Jr.)
The Birmingham News
June 11, 2009
"Wilson Opening Statement for Subcommittee Markup of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010"
Congressman Joe Wilson Representing the 2nd District of South Carolina
Congressman Wilson: "“Our effort to oversee the process to account for our prisoners of war and missing in action is reflected in your mark. For the first time ever, the Department of Defense (DOD) will have the statutory mandate to account for all the missing from World War II, Korea, the Cold War, the Vietnam era, the Persian Gulf War and other conflicts designated by the Secretary of Defense. Furthermore, the DOD will be tasked to significantly increase the number of identifications from the current 70 per year to 200 by 2015 and subsequently to 350 per year by 2020."
June 9, 2009
"Keeping The Promise On MIA’s" (US Army PVT Richard O. Kantz)
Mesquite Local News
June 6, 2009
Tom Dion
"My Turn: Memorial Day goes unobserved by city"
Burlington FreePress.com
June 6, 2009
Charlie Patton
"After 65 years, man learns how his dad died on D-Day: Discovering the truth brings peace, closure to Jacksonville resident." (US Army 1st Lt. William Heyward Messer)
Jacksonville.com
June 5, 2009
Jason Cumming
"The disaster that may have saved D-Day - Hushed up for decades: How 749 U.S. troops died in practice for Utah Beach"
msnbc
June 4, 2009
Doreen Carvajal
"Colleville-Sur-Mer Journal: Across Europe, Time Conspires Against the Search for World War II's Fallen"
The New York Times
June 3, 2009
Courtney Cutright
"Documentary focuses on Bedford's losses" (US Army Staff Sergeant Raymond S. Hoback)
The Roanoke Times
June 2, 2009
Michael Hewlett
"In Family Hands: Brother of lost pilot receives WWII medals" (USAAF 2nd Lt. Thomas Arthur)
Winston-Salem Journal
June 1, 2009
David Ferrara
"Pilot's body is finally coming home" (US Navy Lt. Woodie Lackland McVay Jr)
Press-Register
May 2009
May 2009
Esther Yu Sumner
"World War II Genealogy Records at Ancestry.com"
Ancestry Magazine
May 31, 2009
Drew Foster
"DNA helping find relatives lost in wars" (USAAF 1st Lt. Herman J. Adolfae)
The News Tribune
May 30, 2009
Bruce McDougall
"Plane salvage crew caught in crossfire" (USAAF Lt. Marion Lutes)
The Daily Telegraph
May 30, 2009
Phil Lewis
"Phil Lewis: On foreign soil: More stories of ‘adopted’ GIs" (US Army TSgt. Cliffe H. Wolfe)
May 28, 2009
"DNA Study to Identify World War II Marine Buried in China?" (USMC Staff Sgt. William Joseph Lynch)
Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter
May 28, 2009
Eric Adler
"Hiroshima survivor remembers lost U.S. airmen" (USAAF Lt. Robert C. Johnson)
Richmond Times-Dispatch
May 28, 2009
Meredith Rodriguez
"After one-day delay, remains of World War II soldier return to KC" (US Army Pvt. Henry E. “Rickey” Marquez)
KansasCity.com
May 28, 2009
Brandon Roth
"Until they are home" (USAAF SGT Aub L. Atkins, Jr.)
WSTM NBC3
May 28, 2009
"Rolling Thunder(R), Inc. Meeting With President Obama Seen as Positive Step: May 22 Meeting Discussed Key POW/MIA and Veterans Issues"
Reuters
May 27, 2009
John Heimsoth
"World War II, John Heimsoth" (S. J. Srstka, R.L. Bazine, Salvador C. Chaney, Myron B. Carstensen, Arthur J. Dilty, L.W. Dyche, William G. Harris, B.C. Love, Maurice L. Miller, John W. Radley, William M. Reeves Jr. and Warner T. Sherlock)
Sedalia Democrat
May 27, 2009
Meredith Rodriguez
"Salute to World War II soldier is missing only one thing – the right body" (US Army Pvt. Henry E. “Rickey” Marquez)
KansasCity.com
May 26, 2009
"374 Bomb Sq" (USAAF 1st Lt. Carroll R. Maddox)
ArmyAirForces.com
May 25, 2009
American Legion Post 50
"May 25, 2009
Memorial Day
Pelham, New York
Ceremony Presentation
Pelham's Heroes of 1944" (USAAF First Lieutenant Ellsworth Totten, III, US Navy Ensign John Matthew Ring)
May 25, 2009
"Family receives new hope in search for soldier's remains" (USMC Staff Sergeant William Joseph Lynch)
NECN.com
May 25, 2009
Larry Potash
"The Hump: Airmen who traveled over the Himalayas" (USAAF CPL Donald Johnson)
WGN9 News
May 25, 2009
Tim King
"Nineteen Marine Raiders Who Finally Came Home"
Salem-News.com
May 25, 2009
Steve Pardo
"Europeans honor fallen U.S. troops: Individuals 'adopt' graves of American liberators from WWII" (U.S. Army Technical Sgt. Cliffe Wolfe)
The Detroit News
May 25, 2009
David Donald
"Remembering the fallen" (US Navy Seaman First Class Robert T. Keefer)
Daily Commercial
May 25, 2009
Greg Wayland
"Family receives new hope in search for soldier's remains" (USMC Sgt. William Lynch)
NECN.com
May 25, 2009
Lisa Mullins
"Relic collectors endanger WW II remains"
PRI's The World
May 25, 2009
Kevin Baron and Bryan Bender
"Remains are lost in race for relics: Brisk trade in WWII planes thwarts efforts to recover missing fliers"
boston.com
May 25, 2009
Tammy Swofford
"Memorial Day: Remembering our WW II M.I.A. community"
May 25, 2009
Bob Collins
"Memorial Day: A tribute to an uncle and a father" (2nd Lt. USAAF Frederick Gordon)
Minnesota Public Radio: News Cut
May 25, 2009
Associated Press
"Remains of WWII soldier returning to Kansas" (US Army Pvt. Henry E. “Rickey” Marquez)
bnd.com
May 25, 2009
Kirk Dougal
"World War II Memories Returned to Van Wert Home" (USAAF S/SGT Robert Stetler)
TimesBulletin.com
May 24, 2009
Richard Khavkine
"Relatives of missing World War II plane crew continue their search" (US Army Staff Sergeant Lawrence Grasha)
NJ.com
May 24, 2009
David Porter
"NJ man on crusade for missing World War II airman" (US Army Staff Sergeant Lawrence Grasha)
Philly.com
May 24, 2009
William K. Alcorn
"Grateful Nations: This Memorial Day, Donald Modarelli’s family has a better picture of how the hero died in combat 65 years ago"
Vindy.com
May 24, 2009
Paul Fattig
"A family lost to war: Three brothers make ultimate sacrifice" (US Army Staff Sgt. Leland James Ashcraft, US Navy Lt. Kent Norman Ashcraft; US Navy Lt. j.g. Dean Bruner Ashcraft)
Mail Tribune
May 24, 2009
Chris Vaughn
"DNA test may identify remains of Trophy Club woman’s brother, who died at Pearl Harbor" (US Navy Petty Officer Third Class Starring Winfield)
Star-Telegram.com
May 24, 2009
MEREDITH RODRIGUEZ
"Family’s grief returns with discovery of World War II remains" (US Army Pvt. Henry E. “Rickey” Marquez)
Kansas City Star
May 23, 2009
The White House
"WEEKLY ADDRESS: President Obama Calls on All Americans to Honor the Service of the Troops and Their Families"
May 23, 2009
"World War 2 Museum Event: Journey of the Heart" (USAAF Lt George P. Gaffney, Jr., and US Army Major Earl R. Kindig)
WGNO-TV (ABC26)
May 23, 2009
"Memorial Day Observances in Europe"
Stars and Stripes
May 22, 2009
John Kiesewetter
"Film focuses on war cemeteries"
Cincinnati.com
May 22, 2009
Rob Woutat
"ROB WOUTAT: Memories of War at Ivy Green" (USS Saratoga (CV-3))
Kitsap Sun
May 22, 2009
Penelope Poulou
"World War II Veteran Battles to Clean Up Island, Bring Fallen Comrades Home"
VOA News
May 20, 2009
Sandi Ludwig Adams
"Memorial Day Remembrance: Mystery of Sparrows Point High 1939 grad’s fate" (USAAF 2nd Lt. Christian J. Ludwig)
The Dundalk Eagle
May 20, 2009
US Senator David Vitter
"Remembering Sergeant Aubie L. Adkins, Jr."
GovTrack
May 20, 2009
Nathaniel Cary
"Simpsonville's first casualty of WWII to be honored; Memorial Day event planned at Veterans Monument" (US Navy Seaman First Class Broadus F. West)
The Greenville News
May 20, 2009
Christine L. Pratt
"Gallion family shares the history of airman's recovery" (USAAF Flight Officer Frank D. Gallion)
The-Daily-Record.com
May 20, 2009
Peter Applebome
"One Tower is Still Calling This Flight" (USAAF Staff Sgt. Larry Grasha)
The New York Times
May 16, 2009
John Andrew Prime
"Long-lost World War II flier returns home: Burial of B-25 bomber crewman being held in Claiborne Parish today" (USAAF Sgt. Aubie L. Atkins, Jr.)
shreveportimes.com
May 14, 2009
Arizona House of Representatives
"News Release: true patriot works tirelessly to bring the Remains of American heroes home: Today has been Declared Clayton Kuhles Day"
May 13, 2009
Jennie Runevitch
"Soldier's remains returned home after 63 years" (US Army PFC Julian Rogers)
WTHR Indianapolis
May 13, 2009
Michael Goldstein
"Issue in doubt: After 65 years, a Princeton family has guarded hope that a loved one’s remains might come home" (USMC Lt. Alexander Bonnyman, Jr.)
Princeton Alumni Weekly
May 10, 2009
Ron Thibodeaux
"A Louisiana airman was lost in a distant, fiery crash during World War II. Now, generations later, he will be laid to rest." (USAAF Sgt. Aubrey L. Atkins, Jr.)
The Times-Picayune
May 10, 2009
Jim Winnerman
"Memorial Day Travel: Battlefield graveyards are living monuments to American soldiers who died around the world fighting for freedom"
Summit Daily News
May 9, 2009
Bruce Eggler
"Louisiana aviator killed in 1942 crash in New Guinea to get proper burial" (USAAF Sgt. Aubrey L. Atkins, Jr.)
NOLA.com
May 8, 2009
Todd Helberg
"Services for missing local WWII airman set" (USAAF Staff Sergeant Earl Yoh and USAAF Staff Sergeant Leland Price)
Crescent-News.com
May 7, 2009
Esther Yu Sumner
"World War II Genealogy Records at Ancestry.com"
Ancestry Magazine
May 6-7, 2009
NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN LEGION
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
Resolution No. 43: US-Russia Joint Commission on POW/MIA Affairs
May 5, 2009
Wang Yan
"A Late Salute" (USAAF 2nd Lt. Ernest W. Garner, Jr.)
News China, Volume No. 010
May 5, 2009
Associated Press
"MIA soldier from WWII identified; to be buried in Fort Bayard" (USAAF PFC Antonio Calderon)
Silver City Sun-News
May 2, 2009
Becky Manley
"Missing since 1944, brother to come home" (USAAF Staff Sergeant Earl Yoh)
The Journal Gazette
May 2009
Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Estimates: Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO)
April 2009
April 30, 2009
Associated Press
"Remains of 2 killed in WWII coming back to NW Ohio" (USAAF Staff Sergeant Earl Yoh and USAAF Staff Sergeant Leland Price)
Toledo Free Press
April 28, 2009
Tyrel Linkhorn
"World War II airman returns home after 65 years" (USAAF Staff Sergeant Earl Yoh)
LimaOhio.com
April 28, 2009
Todd Helberg
"'It's like a miracle': DNA sample from 88-year-old rural Defiance woman helps confirm her nephew as missing WWII veteran" (USAAF Staff Sergeant Leland Price and USAAF Staff Sergeant Earl Yoh)
Crescent-News.com
April 28, 2009
Joe Myers
"Concealed for many years, World War II tragedy not forgotten on anniversary"
Register-Pajaronian
April 28, 2009
"Operation Tiger nightmare remembered" (Sgt. Louis A. Bolton)
Western Morning News
April 26, 2009
"WWII soldier welcomed home after 65 years" (US Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Jimmie Doyle)
KCBD NewsChannel11 Lubbock
April 26, 2009
Ray Westbrook
"Hero makes it Home: World War II veteran laid to rest 65 years after plane crash" (US Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Jimmie Doyle)
The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
http://lubbockonline.com/stories/042609/fea_432994850.shtml
April 25, 2009
"Readers' Forum: Search for Air Force Family" (U.S. Army Air Force Second Lieutenant Alfred S. Hemmer)
The Tablet: The Weekly Newspaper of the Diocese of Brooklyn
April 24, 2009
Melanie Turner
"First-time filmmakers chronicle MIA recovery: PostStar Productions working to get distribution for diving documentary" (US Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Jimmie Doyle)
Sacramento Business Journal
April 24, 2009
Wendy Hundley
"Quiet ceremony at D/FW Airport marks WWII airman's homecoming" (US Army Air Force Staff Sgt. Jimmie Doyle)
The Dallas Morning News
April 23-29, 2009
Michael Huebner
"Local Filmmaker Brings Forgotten Battle Back to Life"
Santa Monica Mirror
April 22, 2009
Mayor and Members of the City Council of the City of Chicago
"...BE lT RESOLVED, That we, the Mayor and Members of the City Council of the City of Chicago, assembled this twenty-second day of April, 2009, do hereby urge the United States Congress to pass legislation appropriating necessary funds to the United States Department of Defense so that it may recover the missing bodies of the Marines who were killed in the battle of Tarawa and who remain buried on the island of Betio, and to relocate the bodies in accordance with the wishes of the Marines'families; and we do hereby urge the President of the United States to approve such legislation when it is passed by the Congress..."
April 21, 2009
Todd Helberg
"Local WWII vet coming home; remains to be buried near Haviland" (US Army Air Force CPL. Earl Yoh)
Crescent-News.com
April 21, 2009
Jay A. Fernandez
"WWII docu brings filmmaker, veteran full circle"
Reuters
April 21, 2009
Brian Bethel
"WWII airman's remains coming home: Service for Jimmie Doyle scheduled Saturday in Lamesa" (US Army Air Force Staff Sgt. Jimmie Doyle)
Abilene Reporter-News
April 20, 2009
Bob Pool
"Tarawa has become a different sort of battlefield"
Los Angeles Times
April 20, 2009
Bobbi Kleinschmidt
"Scott man coming home after 65 years" (US Army Air Force CPL. Earl Yoh)
The Van Wert Independent
Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office
"2010 Family Update Schedule"
April 17, 2009
"U.S. Military Searching For World War II Era Missing Americans in Poland"
Consulate General of the United States: Krakow, Poland
April 17, 2009
AFP
"US team hunting American WWII dead in Poland"
April 15, 2009
Laura Joint
"Exercise Tiger remembered: April 2009 marks the 65th anniversary of the Exercise Tiger tragedy, in which 749 US servicemen died off the South Devon coast" (US Army Sgt. Louis A. Bolton, US Army PVT Eugene A. Henley)
BBC Devon
April 14, 2009
"The National World War II Museum invites you to “Journey of the Heart,” a presentation by Patricia Gaffney-Kindig" (US Army Major Earl R. Kindig and USAAF Lt. George P. Gaffney, Jr.)
The National World War II Museum
April 14, 2009
"Missing WWII airman identified as Lamesa native" (USAAF Staff Sgt. Jimmie Doyle)
KCBD NewsChannel 11 Lubbock
April 13, 2009
Steve Landwehr
"Her love never died" (USAAF Tech. Sgt. Nelson Joseph "Buster" Ouimette)
The Salem News
April 10, 2009
Judy Meador Sanders
"LIEUT Jerrold E. Owens"
Find a Grave Memorial
April 10, 2009
"Remembering Leominster's Fallen Heroes": 17th in Series (US Army PFC Arthur O. Gopfert)
Leominster Champion
April 10, 2009
Victor Ashe, US Ambassador to Poland
"Greetings from Warsaw!"
Polish News
April 9, 2009
Department of Defense
"President Salutes Former Prisoners of War"
DefenseLink
April 8, 2009
Melonie Magruder
"Leon Cooper prepares for 'Return to Tarawa'"
The Malibu Times
April 8, 2009
Matthew Chlosta
"Families of Missing Find Comfort, New Information at Briefings"
American Forces Press Service
April 8, 2009
Michael Holtzman
"McGovern family removes monument" (USAAF Cpl. Army Cpl. David L. Miller)
The Herald News
April 8, 2009
"Michael Everett Surles"
The Sanford Herald
April 7, 2009
"State Assistant POW/MIA Chairman Dies Suddenly" (Mike Surles)
Department of North Carolina: Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
April 7, 2009
Tech. Sgt. Kerry Jackson
"U.S., Indian air forces discuss partnership efforts"
Air Force Link
April 7, 2009
Jane Beathard
"Kilroy takes Funk case to Subcommittee on Military Personnel" (USAAF Lt. John W. Funk, Jr.)
The Madison Press
April 6, 2009
Andy Miller
"History Flights barnstorm on mission from past: Organization has helped find remains of WWII men"
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
April 5, 2009
Alex Hering
"$20 Million Sought to Speed ID of Missing Military Since World War II"
Kansas City infoZine
April 5, 2009
Erin Rossiter
"Secrets revealed: Family gets closure about soldier's death" (US Army Lt. James E. Harvey)
Athens Banner-Herald
April 3, 2009
"Wilson Opening Statement for Hearing on Improving Recovery and Full Accounting of POW/MIA Personnel from All Past Conflicts"
TMCnet.com
April 3, 2009
Mark Griffin
"Oregon man continues effort to get brother Purple Heart" (USAAF Sgt. Richard S. Clarke)
The Press
April 2, 2009
Statement of Mr. Keith E. Phillips Before the Subcommittee on Military Personnel of the House Armed Services Committee on April 2, 2009, Hearing on Improving Recovery and Full Accounting of POW/MIA Personnel from All Past Conflicts
April 2, 2009
House Armed Services Subcmte. Hearing on POW/MIA Recovery and Accounting
C-SPAN Video Player
April 2, 2009
POW/MIA Accounting & Recovery, Panel 1, Part 1
C-SPAN Video Library
April 2, 2009
Statement of Michael H. Wysong, Director, National Security & Foreign Affairs, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, before the Subcommittee on Military Personnel, House Armed Services Committee, US House of Representatives, With Respect to Improving of Recovery and Full Accounting of POW/MIA Personnel From All Past Conflicts, Washington, D.C., April 2, 2009
April 2, 2009
Statement of Ron Broward before the House Armed Services Committee Subcommittee on Military Personnel;
DPMO Draft Report to the Senate Armed Services Committee Regarding the Organization, Management and Budgeting of the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command;
Report to the Congressional Defense Committees Regarding the Organization, Management and Budgeting of the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command
April 2, 2009
Statement of Lisa Phillips, President, World War II Families for the Return of the Missing, Before the House Committee on Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel, United States House of Representatives, On Improving Recovery and Full Accounting of POW/MIA Personnel From All Past Conflicts, April 2, 2009
April 2, 2009
Statement of Chairwoman Susan Davis
Military Personnel Subcommittee
Hearing on Improving Recovery and Full Accounting of POW/MIA Personnel from all Past Conflicts
April 2, 2009
US House of Representatives
House Armed Services Committee
Military Personnel Subcommittee
Hearing Information 2009-2010: Hearing on Improving Recovery and Full Accounting of POW/MIA Personnel from all Past Conflicts
Thursday, April 2, 2009 –2:00pm – 2212 Rayburn – Open
April 1, 2009
Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office
"Progress in the Former Soviet Union and Central Europe as of 1 April 2009"
March 2009
March 2009
Ron Broward
World War II Families for Return of the Missing
National Alliance of Families
Korea War Families
Korean War Veterans Association
Proposals Concerning POW/MIA Issues From Ancient Wars: Vietnam-Korea-World War II
March 29, 2009
Daniel de Vise
"MONTGOMERY COUNTY: Defense Team, Families Discuss Efforts to Find Missing Troops"
The Washington Post
March 29, 2009
Mary Gail Hare
"Families gather in pursuit of loved ones lost: Defense Dept. holds session on finding MIAs"
The Baltimore Sun
March 28, 2009
John Henrehan
"MIA Families Keep Searching"
myfoxdc.com
March 26, 2009
Pete Kappelman
"Home at last!: Robert Tills of rural Manitowoc finally comes back from war" (US Navy Ensign Robert George Tills)
Herald Times Reporter
March 24, 2009
U.S. Relations With the People's Republic of China (2009)
STATEMENT OF
ADMIRAL TIMOTHY J. KEATING, U.S. NAVY
COMMANDER
U.S. PACIFIC COMMAND
BEFORE THE SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE
ON U.S. PACIFIC COMMAND POSTURE
MARCH 24, 2009
(see section of statement on "Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC))
March 24, 2009
"Military Channel Presents RETURN TO TARAWA, a Documentary Capturing World War II Veteran's Crusade to Preserve a Sacred Battlefield Turned Trash Dump"
StreetInsider.com
March 23, 2009
"World War II sailor laid to rest" (US Navy Ensign Robert G. Tills)
Fox11 - WLUK-TV
March 22, 2009
Keith Rogers
"Word of 'Hump' crash site kindles images of father son knew only from war stories" (USAAF Staff Sergeant Alvin Lenox)
Las Vegas Review-Journal
March 21, 2009
Jane Beathard
"Kilroy takes up search for missing London flyer" (USAAF Lt. John W. Funk)
The Madison Press
March 21, 2009
Timothy J. Gibbons
"WWII planes provide thrills, chills for a price, a good cause:
A nonprofit group raises money to locate the remains of soldiers."
The Florida Times-Union
March 20, 2009
United States Diplomatic Mission to Warsaw, Poland
"U.S. Military Searching For World War II Era Missing Americans in Poland"
March 19, 2009
Gregory Johnson
"Technology Revolution at JPAC"
FOXNews.com
March 18, 2009
Tim Moore
"Senator Rhoads honors Fallen WW II Fireman Third Class Welborn Lee Ashby "
Madisonville - Hopkins County KY Free Local Community News
SR 155
"Senate Adjourns in Honor of Fireman Third Class Welborn L. Ashby"
Kentucky Legislature
March 13, 2009
Quentin Young
"Glenn Miller’s big band music legacy lives on through orchestra"
The Longmont Times-Call
March 11, 2009
Roy Parker
"Toll of air war was costly"
The Fayetteville Observer
March 9, 2009
Martin C. Langeveld
"Missing in Action: Charles W. Whittlesey's Farewell" (USMC PVT Frank Russell Whittlesey)
The Monday Evening Club
March 7, 2009
Jane Beathard
"Plane of WW II flyer from London found in Himalayas" (USAAF 2nd Lt. John W. Funk, Jr.)
The Madison Press
March 2, 2009
City & County of San Francisco
Veterans Affairs Commission
minutes of March 2nd, 2009 meeting
"ACTION ITEM #2
Keith Phillips “Project Homecoming” and John Wang reported before the commission regarding the revised resolution to help locate 88,000 plus troops missing from World War II, Korean, Vietnam wars, and other oversea conflicts. Keith Phillips reviewed his dedication in getting the government to do more to find America’s MIA’s. After corrections and additions were made, Commissioner Champagne moved to support the modified resolution, 2nd by Commissioner Cauley. Motion passed."
March-April 2009
"Motions Highlight Need for POW/MIA Accounting and Combat Action Badge for Pentagon Service on 9/11"
VFW Checkpoint (March-April 2009)
February 2009
February 28, 2009
Ralph Reiland
"100 Years of Saving the French"
FrontPage Magazine
February 27, 2009
Tamra Jarrett
"Family waits for word of long-lost Lt. Eugene Oxford" ((USAAF 1st Lt. William A. Swanson (VT), Flight Officer Sheldon L. Chambers (PA), 1st Lt. Irwin G. Zaetz (VT), 1st Lt. Robert E. Oxford (GA), SSgt. Charles D. Ginn (IL), SSgt. Harry E. Queen (MA), Sgt. James A. Hinson (NC), Sgt. Alfred H. Gerrans, Jr. (NC))
The Pike County Journal-Reporter
February 26, 2009
Phitsanu
"MOU Signing Ceremony in Forensic Medicine between JPAC and KKU"
KKU (Khon Kaen University) News
February 26, 2009
John L. Guerra
"Soldier searches for those left behind: One resident finds graves, another finds a relative" (USMC PFC James Bernard Johnson)
Florida Keys News
February 26, 2009
USS Triton Reunion Committee
"Former Sailors search for lost submarine's bell" (USS Triton (SS-201))
The Dolphin
February 25, 2009
2nd Lt. Kathleen Polesnak
"World War II MIAs recovered in Germany" (McMurray B-24 crew)
Air Force Link
February 24, 2009
2nd Lt. Kathleen Polesnak
"Maryland World War II MIA honored" (USAAF Tech. Sgt. Leonard J. Ray)
ANG: Air National Guard
February 20, 2009
U.S. Air Forces in Europe
"Airmen, international community honor recovered World War II MIAs"
February 18, 2009
Agence France-Presse (AFP)
"US investigators reach "Hot as Hell" crash area in India" (USAAF 1st Lt. William A. Swanson (VT), Flight Officer Sheldon L. Chambers (PA), 1st Lt. Irwin G. Zaetz (VT), 1st Lt. Robert E. Oxford (GA), SSgt. Charles D. Ginn (IL), SSgt. Harry E. Queen (MA), Sgt. James A. Hinson (NC), Sgt. Alfred H. Gerrans, Jr. (NC))
Zimbio
February 18, 2009
Noor Khan
"US military team in search of World War II MIA pilots" ("Hot as Hell" crew - USAAF 1st Lt. William A. Swanson (VT), Flight Officer Sheldon L. Chambers (PA), 1st Lt. Irwin G. Zaetz (VT), 1st Lt. Robert E. Oxford (GA), SSgt. Charles D. Ginn (IL), SSgt. Harry E. Queen (MA), Sgt. James A. Hinson (NC), Sgt. Alfred H. Gerrans, Jr. (NC))
SamayLive
February 17, 2009
Associated Press
"Team looks for VTers lost in WW II in India" (USAAF Captain William Swanson and 1st Lt. Irwin Zaetz)
FoxNEWS44: Burlington - Plattsburgh - Montreal
February 17, 2009
Sam Hemingway
"Search on at WWII crash site" (USAAF Captain William Swanson, Flight Officer Sheldon Chambers, 1st Lt. Robert Eugene Oxford, 1st Lt. Irwin Zaetz, Staff Sgt. Charles Ginn, Staff Sgt. Harry Queen, Sgt. James Hinson, and Sgt. Alfred Gerrans, Jr.)
The Burlington Free Press
February 16, 2009
Jeff Murray
"Documentary recalls Leopoldville mystery: Brother of Elmiran perished on troop ship" (US Army PFC Ferrel F. McDonnell)
stargazette.com
February 15, 2009
Bill O'Boyle
"Local man eyes hunt for Marine's remains" (USMC Sgt. William Genaust)
TimesLeader.com
February 14, 2009
Jerald Terwilliger, National Chairman of American Cold War Veterans, Inc
"Lets Bring Home Our POW/MIA's"
Newsvine
February 14, 2009
Janet Hobizal
"Wharton County war pilot Taylor goes missing in WWII" (USAAF First Lieutenant Glenn B. Taylor)
Wharton Journal-Spectator
February 10, 2009
"Legion post remembers dead chaplains" (US Army 1st Lt. George L. Fox, 1st Lt. Alexander D. Goode, 1st Lt. Clark V. Poling, and 1st Lt. John P. Washington)
Daily Freeman
February 9, 2009
William Cole
"Hickam team taught recovery of remains" (USAAF Captain William Swanson, Flight Officer Sheldon Chambers, 1st Lt. Robert Eugene Oxford, 1st Lt. Irwin Zaetz, Staff Sgt. Charles Ginn, Staff Sgt. Harry Queen, Sgt. James Hinson, and Sgt. Alfred Gerrans, Jr.)
The Honolulu Advertiser
February 9, 2009
Wesley G. Hughes
"Yucaipa man recalls time in Nazi death camp"
Redlands Daily Facts
http://www.redlandsdailyfacts.com/sanbernardinocounty/ci_11667547 (archived)
February 8, 2009
Amana Miyamae
"World War II vet journeys to recover fallen comrade" (USAAF Sgt. Desire Chatigny, Jr.)
KWGN TV Denver
February 7, 2009
Rachael Jackson
"T-6 Texan flights' mission: Help find MIA troops"
Orlando Sentinel
February 6, 2009
"Remembering Leominster's Fallen Heroes: Week 12 of Series" (US Army Private First Class Arthur O. Gopfert)
Leominster Champion
February 6, 2009
Dwight Dana
"Rolling Thunder to present monument recognizing missing soldiers, POWs"
SCnow.com
February 5, 2009
Patrick J. Scannon
"P-MAN X Final Report" (USMC 1st Lt. Richard C. Allison)
BentProp Project
February 3, 2009
111TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION H. RES. 111, Establishing a Select Committee on POW and MIA Affairs
February 2, 2009
Louis Hansen
"Bill seeks to honor more of Va.'s fallen on war memorial"
The Virginian-Pilot
February 2, 2009
City & County of San Francisco
Veterans Affairs Commission
minutes of February 2nd, 2009 meeting:
"PUBLIC COMMENTS
Keith Phillips, former marketing executive from Mill Valley, founded the nonprofit “Project Homecoming” to help locate 88,000 plus troops missing from World War II, Korean, Vietnam wars, and other oversea conflicts. In 2008, he has assisted five (5) veterans’ families, to find military wreckage sites, reported findings to Joint POW-MIA Accounting Command in Honolulu, HI. Who are responsible for tracking down the missing from past conflicts. He had circulated “a cost effective proposal for parity in our efforts to return the missing”, to ask the commissioners for (1) support legislation to maximize efforts, sustain legal action; (2) to galvanize the veterans’ service organizations to locate missing remains of over 700 MIA from California."
February 1, 2009
"Sanford man unearths stone his brother carved before his death in WWII" (USAAF Cpl. Morris S. Jones)
Sanford Herald
January 2009
January 2009
"Former Minor Leaguer's Airplane Wreckage Discovered After 64 Years" (USAAF T/Sgt. John J. Regan)
Gary Bedingfield's Baseball in Wartime
January 30, 2009
Phyllis Day
"Events in Hernando County: Four Chaplains Memorial Service"
St. Petersburg Times
January 26, 2009
Minnesota House of Representatives
H.F. No. 303, as introduced - 86th Legislative Session (2009-2010). A resolution memorializing the Congress of the United States to appoint an independent counsel to investigate the Prisoner of War - Missing in Action issue.
January 25, 2009
Bella English
"A Marine pilot's long journey home" (USMC Maj. Marion R. "Ryan" McCown, Jr.)
The Boston Globe
January 25, 2009
David Smiley
"Miami-Dade seminar updates family members of missing soldiers" (USAAF 2nd Lt. Martin Stern)
The Miami Herald
January 24, 2009
Star-Bulletin Photographers
"Island Images: Honoring War Dead"
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
January 24, 2009
"Thousands still missing since World War II"
South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
January 23, 2009
Wendy Reuer
"Dog tags from WWII vet find their way home to Minnesota" (USMC PFC William R. Sauter)
Post-Bulletin.com: Rochester, MN
January 23, 2009
"DefenseLink News Release: Missing WWII Soldiers are Identified" (US Army Pfc. Julian H. Rogers and Pvt. Henry E. Marquez)
US Department of Defense
January 22, 2009
Meredith Rodriguez
"KCK family learns the fate of a relative who died in 1944 in WWII" (US Army PVT. Henry (Enrique) E. Marquez)
The Kansas City Star
January 19, 2009
"PFC Jack Beckwith"
Find a Grave Memorial
January 19, 2009
David Slade
"65 years after Ryan disappeared in a dogfight, Marine fighter pilot buried in Charleston" (USMC Maj. Marion R. "Ryan" McCown, Jr.)
The Post and Courier
January 18, 2009
Josh Cascio
"Local World War 2 Vet Honored Years After Death" (USMC Maj. Marion R. "Ryan" McCown, Jr.)
ABC News 4
January 18, 2009
Ardis E. Parshall
"Living history: Hometown newspapers remain a treasure trove of our past"
The Salt Lake Tribune
January 18, 2009
Hatzel Vela
"Charleston marine missing for decades finally laid to rest" (USMC Maj. Marion R. "Ryan" McCown, Jr.)
Live5News.com
January 17, 2009
Stella Davis
"Bauer: 'It was an awesome experience' at Normandy American Cemetery"
Carlsbad Current-Argus
January 17, 2009
Brian Hicks
"A hero comes home: Memorial set for WWII pilot found in New Guinea" (USMC Maj. Marion R. "Ryan" McCown, Jr.)
The Post and Courier
January 16, 2009
"Remembering Leominster's Fallen Heroes: Week 10 of Series" (US Navy Seaman 1st Class Victor Devarney, US Army Private Edmund F. Potter, Jr., USAAF 1st Lieutenant Kenneth E. Hastings, US Navy Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Darius J. Parriott)
Leominster Champion
January 15, 2009
Ron Hyde
"Relative Of Tuskegee Airman To Miss Inauguration" (USAAF 1st Lt. Maurice V. Esters)
cbs13.com
January 2009
Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office
Senior Study Group
Personnel Accounting Community Strategy
January 12, 2009
"US embassy aware of potential crash sites" (Papua New Guinea)
The National
January 10, 2009
C. Ron Allen
"Group offers flights on vintage aircraft to raise money to find remains of servicemen"
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
January 9, 2009
Bob Dotson
"New year brings closure for family of missing submarine crew" (US Navy Ship's Cook First Class Steven Surofchek)
KTUU.com
January 7, 2009
Bruce Fessier
"Documentary sheds light on Bataan prisoner's postwar legal struggle"
The Desert Sun
January 4, 2009
Russ Long
"Book details service history of battleship" (USS Oklahoma (BB-37))
NewsOK
January 4, 2009
Aldrich M. Tan
"Veterans Memorial wall honors MIAs and POWs: Honoring the missing" (US Navy Fireman 3rd Class Ralph L. Wallace, USAAF Staff Sgt. Floyd C. Hoover, and USAAF PFC Herman R. Granados)
The Desert Sun
January 4, 2009
Vice Adm. Robert F. Dunn
"BOOKS: When kamikaze tactics took hold"
The Washington Times
January 4, 2009
Amy Donaldson
"'Thunder' takes readers into battles of WWII" (USN Torpedo Squadron Eight)
Deseret News
January 3, 2009
Kristy Gray
"Veteran, military chaplain may get a lift to national World War II memorial"
Casper Star-Tribune Online
January 1, 2009
Jack Torry
"Book Review: A Dawn Like Thunder - Heroes helped change course of war" (Lt. Cdr. John C. Waldron)
The Columbus Dispatch
January 1, 2009
Tim King
"Discovery of Lost WWII Navy Submarine Brings 70 U.S. Families Closure (VIDEO)" (USS Grunion)
Salem-News.com
January 1, 2009
Bob Dotson
"Sons’ love for missing dad plumbs the ocean’s depths: After more than 65 years, brothers find his sunken World War II submarine" (USN Lt. Cdr. Mannert L. "Jim" Abele and the crew of the USS Grunion (SS-216))
TODAYShow.com
January 1, 2009
Daniel A. Martinez
"Stories of Hawaii: Pearl Harbor"
FoxNews.com
"Sgt. Joe Schreppel: A Tribute to an 'Unknown'
2008 News
December 2008
December 2008
Dan Barnes
"Honoring World War II Veterans" (USAAF Captain Reed Harwood Dominy)
East Texas News
December 30, 2008
Kimberly Grasuras
"Sunken sub to be featured on NBC's 'Today'" (Torpedoman's Mate 2nd Class John "Jude" Harrison Wells)
Bucyrus TelegraphForum.com
December 28, 2008
Associated Press
"Harrison principal assures WWII vets not forgotten"
WREG-TV Memphis
December 26, 2008
Seanna Adcox
"Finally, coming home" (USMC Maj. Marion Ryan McCown, Jr.)
BlueRidgeNow.com: Times News Online
December 26, 2008
Mark Schulman
"World War II Remains Identified" (US Navy Ensign Robert G. Tills)
BlueRidgeNow.com
December 26, 2008
Emily Zimmer
"‘Red Bull Division’ has a storied history" (US Army 34th Infantry Division)
Rosemount Town Pages
December 25, 2008
John Burgeson
"Pilot ID'd in WWII Corsair wreck: Like most bent-wing bombers, plane likely built in Stratford" (USMC Maj. Marion R. McCown, Jr.)
The Connecticut Post Online
December 25, 2008
Roy Parker
"December 1941 was full of bad news"
The Fayetteville Observer
December 24, 2008
Gary Zaetz
"A Trek to My Uncle’s B-24 Crashsite in India - A Memoir" (USAAF 1st Lt. Irwin G. "Zipper" Zaetz)
Frontier India Strategic & Defence
December 24, 2008
Gregory Johnson
"American Heroes: Victims of the Malmedy Massacre"
FOXNews.com
December 23, 2008
Wayne Drash
"Army to honor soldiers enslaved by Nazis"
CNN.com/US
December 22, 2008
David C. Foster
"Lt. Mains B-24 Missing Air Crew Report (MACR); April 4, 1945 (Page 2)"
flickr
December 19, 2008
Seanna Adcox
"Remains of World War II Marine from SC identified" (USMC Major Marion R. McCown, Jr.)
Ledger-Enquirer.com
December 19, 2008
"Government Recovers Marine Pilot Missing In Action From WWII" (USMC Major Marion R. McCown, Jr.)
Salem-News.com
December 18, 2008
Dave Kiffer
"Irvin Thompson Reburied In California: Ketchikan War Hero's Remains Were Identified After Over 60 Years" (US Navy Ensign Irvin Andrew Rubin Thompson)
SitNews
December 18, 2008
David P. Colley
"'Bulge' veterans gather before dawn to recall dark hours 64 years ago"
The Morning Call
December 18, 2008
Ned Potter
"Veteran Returns to Bloody Tarawa: World War II Veteran Fights to Restore Hallowed Battleground From Garbage Dump"
ABC News
December 17, 2008
"Kamikaze attack survivor speaks at Bald Eagles event" (February 21, 1945 kamikaze attack on USS Saratoga)
Brown County Democrat
December 16, 2008
Christie Vanover
"Battle of the Bulge 2008 Commemoration in Bastogne"
Army.mil
December 15, 2008
Michael LaForgia
"Veterans gather to mark historic Battle of the Bulge in West Palm Beach"
PalmBeachPost.com
December 15, 2008
Wang Ying
"Tribute to the Tigers"
China Daily
December 15, 2008
Nick Meo
"US army searches for downed Second World War pilots who flew the 'hump' to China" (James S. Browne)
Telegraph.co.uk
December 15, 2008
Cherise Forno
"Wreathed in Memories: Event honors those buried at Fort Dodge, across country"
Dodge City Daily Globe
December 15, 2008
Ann Marie Ames
"Funeral set for missing soldier" (USAAF Cpl. Richard P. Grutza)
The Janesville (Wisconsin) Gazette
December 15, 2008
William K. Alcorn
"Local Marine believed among the war dead on Tarawa Atoll" (USMC PFC Andrew Polmaskitch, Jr.)
Vindy.com
December 14, 2008
Brian Hicks
"A patriot's return: Nephew has waited 60-plus years for an ending to his uncle's story" (USMC Reserve Major Marion Ryan McCown, Jr.)
The Post and Courier
December 13, 2008
Amy Rabideau Silvers
"66 years later, soldier finds his way home" (USAAF Cpl. Richard P. Grutza)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin Journal Sentinel
December 13, 2008
"Volunteers Help in Discovery of WWII Aircraft and Airmen’s Remains in South Pacific" (Palau)
Tactical-Life.com
December 11, 2008
Nate Leskovic
"Will Staff Sgt. Lynch be coming home soon?" (USMC Staff Sergeant William Joseph Lynch)
Dorchester Reporter
December 10, 2008
Louis Hansen
"Lawmaker calls on Virginia War Memorial to open up its wall"
PilotOnline.com
December 10, 2008
Crystal Costa
"Local man remembers cousin killed at Pearl Harbor"
KCT8.com
December 9, 2008
Andrea Shea King
"On the musical side: Sixty-four years ago this week American jazz musician, composer, and swing era bandleader Glenn Miller went missing when his plane disappeared." (USAAF Maj. Glenn Miller)
WorldNetDaily
December 9, 2008
Sarabeth Sanders
"A hero’s body, lost and found at sea" (USMC First Lieutenant Alexander “Sandy” Bonnyman)
The Daily Princetonian
December 8, 2008
Ernesto Portillo Jr.
"Uncle 'Windie' died Dec. 7 at Pearl Harbor, but he's not forgotten" (Navy Fireman 2nd Class James Winford Berry)
Arizona Daily Star
December 8, 2008
John Rutherford
"'Glad He's Finally Coming Home'" (Navy Ensign Robert G. Tills)
NBC Field Notes
December 7, 2008
Stefanie Cohen and Janon Fisher
"WWII Find: Heroes' Graves in Pacific" (USMC PVT. Joseph C. Carbone)
New York Post
December 7, 2008
Rear Admiral Jay A. DeLoach (Ret.), Director of Naval History
"Remarks at The National Museum of Naval Aviation, December 7th, 2008"
National Museum of Naval Aviation: Press Releases
December 7, 2008
Brian Zimmerman
"Area woman searches for Pearl Harbor connection" (Navy Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Delbert J. Anderson)
Pal-item.com (Richmond, Indiana)
December 7, 2008
Cole Waterman
"Saginaw, Michigan, reporter remembers relative's sacrifice at Pearl Harbor" (Seaman First Class Edwin C. Jastrzemski)
mlive.com
December 7, 2008
Marricarol Kueter
"Lessons of Pearl Harbor: Remembering uncle I never knew" (Navy Fireman 3rd Class George W. Jarding)
ArgusLeader.com
December 7, 2008
Van Harl
"Pearl Harbor Day: 'Coal mine, moonshine or move on down the line'" (USS Oklahoma MIA Petty Officer Second Class Donald Robert McCloud)
The Charleston Gazette
December 7, 2008
Steven Oberbeck
"For Utah vets, Pearl Harbor memories still vivid: The survivors honor 21 comrades who died during the surprise attack 67 years ago."
The Salt Lake Tribune
December 7, 2008
Meg Jones
"World War II veterans honor fallen brethren: Pearl Harbor attacks are commemorated" (USS Oklahoma MIA Fireman 2nd Class Lawrence Boxrucker)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin Journal-Sentinel
December 7, 2008
Tony Palomo
"This Month in Guam History: Dec. 7, 1941 -- 67 years ago -- Seven Navy men from Guam were killed when the USS Arizona was sunk by Japanese forces at Pearl Harbor" (USN Mess Attendant 1st Class Gregorio S. N. Aguon, Mess Attendant 2nd Class Nicolas S. N. Fegurgur, Mess Attendant 2nd Class Francisco Reyes Mafnas, Mess Attendant 2nd Class Vicente Gogus Meno, Mess Attendant 2nd Class Jose Sanchez Quinata, Mess Attendant 2nd Class Francisco U. Rivera and Cook 2nd Class Filomeno Santos)
GuamPDN.com
December 7, 2008
Dan Barkin
"What Pearl Harbor should still teach us"
The (Raleigh) News and Observer
December 7, 2008
Sam Roberts
"Report Debunks Theory That the U.S. Heard a Coded Warning About Pearl Harbor"
New York Times
December 7, 2008
Tom Infield
"Opening a door to the painful past: Disinterring victims after 67 years could lead to their identities" (USN Ensign Joseph Parker Hittorff, Jr.)
Philadelphia Inquirer
December 6, 2008
Laura Kestner
"Comanche honors survivor of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis"
Reporter-News
December 6, 2008
Tom Infield
"Pain of remembering Pearl Harbor felt anew when sister provides DNA to help ID remains"
Honolulu Advertiser
December 6, 2008
Cindy Leise
"VFW to remember two Elyrians who died in Pearl Harbor attack" (USS Oklahoma MIAs Seaman 2nd Class Rudolph Victor Piskuran and Walter Frankewicz)
The Chronicle-Telegram
December 6, 2008
Dennis Camire
"Pearl Harbor anniversary marked with new online record collection"
ithacajournal.com
December 5, 2008
The White House: President George W. Bush
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, 2008: A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America
On National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, we mourn the more than 2,400 Americans whose lives were lost in the surprise attack on our homeland that changed the course of history. Their service and sacrifice and the service and sacrifice of all our World War II veterans will be forever honored on this day by the citizens of a free and grateful Nation.
On December 7, 1941, the enemy nearly destroyed our Pacific Fleet, and the United States was forced into a long and terrible war. A generation of Americans stepped forward to fight for our country. Their message to America's enemies was clear: If you attack this country and harm our people, there is no corner of the Earth remote enough to protect you from the reach of our Nation's Armed Forces.
Following the war the United States worked to make our most bitter enemies into our closest friends through the transformative power of freedom. The joys of liberty are often secured by the sacrifices of those who serve a cause greater than self. To honor and recognize the sacrifice of our Armed Forces, I have designated nine sites as the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument. This monument will preserve our history and help share this heritage with future generations. On this anniversary, we honor the heroes who risked and lost their lives for our security and freedom. Their selfless dedication exemplifies the great character of America and continues to inspire our Nation.
The Congress, by Public Law 103-308, as amended, has designated December 7 of each year as "National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day."
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim December 7, 2008, as National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. I encourage all Americans to observe this solemn occasion with appropriate ceremonies and activities. I urge all Federal agencies and interested organizations, groups, and individuals to fly the flag of the United States at half-staff this December 7 in honor of those who died as a result of their service at Pearl Harbor.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fifth day of December, in the year of our Lord two thousand eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-third.
GEORGE W. BUSH
December 5, 2008
The White House: President George W. Bush
Establishment of the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument: A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America
Beginning at Pearl Harbor with the day of infamy that saw the sinking of the USS ARIZONA and ending on the deck of the USS MISSOURI in Tokyo Bay, many of the key battles of World War II were waged on and near American shores and throughout the Pacific. We must always remember the debt we owe to the members of the Greatest Generation for our liberty. Their gift is an enduring peace that transformed enemies into steadfast allies in the cause of democracy and freedom around the globe.
Americans will never forget the harrowing sacrifices made in the Pacific by soldiers and civilians that began at dawn on December 7, 1941, at Pearl Harbor on the island of Oahu. The surprise attack killed more than 2,000 American military personnel and dozens of civilians and thrust the United States fully into World War II.
America responded and mobilized our forces to fight side-by-side with our allies in the European, Atlantic, and Pacific theaters. The United States Navy engaged in epic sea battles, such as Midway, and our Armed Forces fought extraordinary land battles for the possession of occupied islands. These battles led to significant loss of life for both sides, as well as for the island's native peoples. Battlegrounds such as Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan, Guam, Peleliu, the Philippines, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa are remembered for the heroic sacrifices and valor displayed there.
The conflict raged as far north as the Alaskan territory. The United States ultimately won the encounter in the Aleutian Island chain but not without protracted and costly battles.
There were also sacrifices on the home front. Tens of millions of Americans rallied to support the war effort, often at great personal cost. Men and women of all backgrounds were called upon as industrial workers, volunteers, and civil servants. Many Americans valiantly supported the war effort even as they struggled for their own civil rights.
In commemoration of this pivotal period in our Nation's history, the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument adds nine historic sites to our national heritage of monuments and memorials representing various aspects of the war in the Pacific.
Five of those sites are in the Pearl Harbor area, which is the home of both the USS ARIZONA and the USS MISSOURI -- milestones of the Pacific campaign that mark the beginning and the end of the war. The sites in this area include: the USS ARIZONA Memorial and Visitor Center, the USS UTAH Memorial, the USS OKLAHOMA Memorial, the six Chief Petty Officer Bungalows on Ford Island, and mooring quays F6, F7, and F8, which constituted part of Battleship Row. The USS ARIZONA and USS UTAH vessels will not be designated as part of the national monument, but instead will be retained by the Department of Defense (through the Department of the Navy) as the final resting place for those entombed there.
Three sites are located in Alaska's Aleutian Islands. The first is the crash site of a Consolidated B-24D Liberator bomber -- an aircraft of a type that played a highly significant role in World War II -- located on Atka Island. The second is the site of Imperial Japan's occupation of Kiska Island, beginning in June 1942, which marks the northern limit of Imperial Japan's expansion in the Pacific. The Kiska site includes historic relics such as Imperial Japanese coastal and antiaircraft defenses, camps, roads, an airfield, a submarine base, a seaplane base, and other installations, as well as the remains of Allied defenses, including runway facilities and gun batteries.
The third Aleutian designation is on Attu Island, the site of the only land battle fought in North America during World War II. It still retains the scars of the battle: thousands of shell and bomb craters in the tundra; Japanese trenches, foxholes, and gun encampments; American ammunition magazines and dumps; and spent cartridges, shrapnel, and shells located at the scenes of heavy fighting. Attu later served as a base for bombing missions against Japanese holdings.
The last of the nine designations will bring increased understanding of the high price paid by some Americans on the home front. The Tule Lake Segregation Center National Historic Landmark and nearby Camp Tule Lake in California were both used to house Japanese-Americans relocated from the west coast of the United States. They encompass the original segregation center's stockade, the War Relocation Authority Motor Pool, the Post Engineer's Yard and Motor Pool, a small part of the Military Police Compound, several historic structures used by internees and prisoners of war at Camp Tule Lake, and the sprawling landscape that forms the historic setting.
WHEREAS much of the Federal property within the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument is easily accessible to visitors from around the world;
WHEREAS the Secretary of the Interior should be authorized and directed to interpret the broader story of World War II in the Pacific in partnership with the Department of Defense, the States of Hawaii, Alaska, and California, and other governmental and non-profit organizations;
WHEREAS the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument will promote understanding of related resources, encourage continuing research, present interpretive opportunities and programs for visitors to better understand and honor the sacrifices borne by the Greatest Generation, and tell the story from Pearl Harbor to Peace;
WHEREAS section 2 of the Act of June 8, 1906 (34 Stat. 225, 16 U.S.C. 431) (the "Antiquities Act") authorizes the President, in his discretion, to declare by public proclamation historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest that are situated upon lands owned or controlled by the Government of the United States to be national monuments, and to reserve as a part thereof parcels of land, the limits of which in all cases shall be confined to the smallest area compatible with the proper care and management of the objects to be protected;
WHEREAS it is in the public interest to preserve the areas described above and on the attached maps as the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, by the authority vested in me by section 2 of the Act of June 8, 1906 (34 Stat. 225, 16 U.S.C. 431), do proclaim that there are hereby set apart and reserved as the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument for the purpose of protecting the objects described above, all lands and interests in lands owned or controlled by the Government of the United States within the boundaries described on the accompanying maps, which are attached and form a part of this proclamation.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fifth day of December, in the year of our Lord two thousand eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-third.
GEORGE W. BUSH
December 5, 2008
National Archives and Records Administration
Press Release: Footnote.com and The National Archives Launch Largest Interactive World War II Collection Online
December 5, 2008
Tom Harvey
"Pearl Harbor lives on in 'Hero Pages': Families add memories of USS Arizona sailors" (Navy Seaman 1st Class Jay Young)
Salt Lake Tribune
December 5, 2008
Sam Thomas
"Lost soldier search is over, 66 years later" (Army Air Force 1st Lt. Charles L. Maggart)
NewLink Indiana
December 4, 2008
Sandeep Unnithan
"The plane truth"
India Today
December 3, 2008
Brian Wallstin
"Sub Traction: John Abele and the search for the USS Grunion"
Seven Days: Vermont's Independent Voice
December 3, 2008
"Keys man helps locate World War II war dead: Unmarked graves on Pacific island" (USMC PFC. James Bernard Johnson)
KeysNet.com
December 3, 2008
Brett Wallace
"Search for lost soldier ends: Army hand-delivers information about the site where Maggart crashed 66 years ago" (Army Air Force 1st Lt. Charles L. Maggart)
Chronicle-Tribune (Grant County, Indiana)
December 2, 2008
Shirley Contreras
"Santa Maria Valley Timeline: December 7, 1941" (USS Arizona MIAs Fireman 2nd Class Clarence Cooper and Fireman 2nd Class Kenneth Cooper)
Santa Maria Times
December 1, 2008
Tonnette Lyles
"Missing Pieces: The Department of Defense comes to town to help soldiers' families find closure."
The National Herald
December 1, 2008
Paul Walsh
"Remains ID'd of Wis. ensign killed a day after Pearl Harbor bombing" (Navy Ensign Robert G. Tills)
StarTribune.com
November 2008
November 30, 2008
Bill Archer
"Historic Heroism" (US Navy Ensign Ulvert Mathew “Fuzzie” Moore, Lt. Cdr. John C. Waldron))
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
November 28, 2008
Leo Shane III
"Remains found on Pacific island likely to be those of 139 WWII Marines"
Stars and Stripes
November 26, 2008
Melissa Nelson (Associated Press)
"Researchers: 139 WWII Marines entombed on atoll" (US Navy Pharmacist's Mate 1st Class John Kenneth Hildebrand, USMC PFC James Bernard Johnson, USMC PVT Jack Marvin Redman)
SignOnSanDiego.com
November 25, 2008
Jerald Terwilliger, National Vice Chairman, American Cold War Veterans
"Congress What About Our POW/MIA?"
newsvine.com
November 25, 2008
William R. Levesque
"Remains from WWII battle on Tarawa found, Florida group says"
TampaBay.com
November 25, 2008
Bryant Jordan
"Searchers Say 139 Marine Graves Found"
Military.com
November 22, 2008
Cindy Barks
"Adventurer-turned-historian continues quest for answers" (USAAF MIA Flight Officer Sheldon Chambers)
TheDailyCourier
November 22, 2008
Cindy Barks
"Local man's mission to identify WWII crash sites brings results" (USAAF MIA 1st Lt. Irwin "Zipper" Zaetz)
The Daily Courier
November 22, 2008
Dr. Thomas M. Chesney
"Citizen's Voice: 65 years ago, Knoxvillian was hero at Tarawa" (USMC 1st Lt. Alexander J. Bonnyman, Jr.)
knoxnews.com
November 21, 2008
Allison Lowe
"Funeral of war hero, lost decades ago, reunites a family" (USAAF Staff Sergeant Martin F. Troy)
Stamford Advocate
Archived
November 21, 2008
Fred Baker III
"Brooks lab offers last-ditch effort to identify remains"
Air Force Link
November 20, 2008
Audrey McAvoy (The Associated Press)
"Battle of Tarawa remembered on 65th anniversary"
The Honolulu Advertiser
November 20, 2008
Wayne Drash
"After 63 years, vet learns of brother's death in Nazi slave camp" (Army Private First Class Bernard Vogel)
CNN.com
November 19, 2008
"Governor Rell orders flags lowered Thursday in honor of WWII airman’s interment at Arlington" (USAAF Staff Sergeant Martin F. Troy)
Stamford Plus Magazine
November 18, 2008
Jean Van Renssalar
"Oak Brook resident takes WWII vet on trip of a lifetime"
TheDoings - ClarendonHills
November 18, 2008
David Allen
"Woman receives piece of uncle’s downed B-24" (USAAF MIA Staff Sgt. Charles Baumgartner)
Stars and Stripes
November 18, 2008
Chiyomi Sumida
"Hiroshima historian returns fragments of shot-down bomber to loved ones in U.S.: After 63 years, a homecoming of sorts" (USAAF MIAs Staff Sgt. Charles O. Baumgartner, Staff Sgt. Julius Molnar, Capt. Donald F. Marvin, 1st Lt. Robert C. Johnston, Tech. Sgt. David A. Bushfield, Staff Sgt. Charles R. Allison, Staff Sgt. Camillous F. Kirkpatrick, 1st Lt. Rudolph C. Flanagin and Tech. Sgt. Walter Piskor)
Stars and Stripes
November 17, 2008
Jane Nordberg
"UP history buff uncovers native son’s WWII story" (Navy Radioman 2nd Class Ray W. Nally)
chicagotribune.com
November 14, 2008
"JPAC Goes to India"
VFW Washington Weekly
November 14, 2008
Jared Field
"Lost and found: Family turns page on 66-year-old mystery of USS Grunion demise" (US Navy Seaman 2nd Class David Nathaniel Swartwood)
mlive.com: The Clio Messenger
November 12, 2008
Mark Gunderman
"Stanley (Wisconsin) unveils veterans memorial"
Chippewa.com
November 11, 2008
"Clayton Kuhles Searches for Lost War Wreckage in Asia"
Get Outdoors
November 11, 2008
Victor Tine
"Search for Port soldier renewed 64 years later" (USAAF Staff Sergeant Desire Wilfred Chatigney, Jr.)
The Daily News of Newburyport (MA)
November 11, 2008
Bethany Nolan
"Remains of area soldier killed in WWII finally returning from Europe" (US Army PFC Julian Harold Rogers)
HeraldTimesOnline.com
November 11, 2008
"Body of missing WW II veteran found in Germany" (US Army PFC Julian Harold Rogers)
Fox59 Indianapolis
November 11, 2008
Mike Anton
"WWII pilot from Orange County makes his last journey home" (Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Ray Packard)
The Los Angeles Times
November 11, 2008
Rama Lakshmi
"A Himalayan Mission to Bring Closure to Kin of WWII Troops: Arizonan Scales Peaks, Combs Forests to Find U.S. Plane Wrecks"
The Washington Post
November 11, 2008
"Hazardous Air Bridge"
The Washington Post
November 11, 2008
Kevin Dougherty
"Digging for remains, burying the past: Belgium-based team searches for GIs lost in the Battle of the Bulge" (US Army Pvt. Odell Sharpe, US Army Pfc. Alphonse M. Sito, US Army 2nd Lt. Lonnie O. Holloway, Jr., US Army Pfc. Dominick Posillipo)
Stars and Stripes
November 10, 2008
Adam Pockross
"Her eyes were on the stars" (Gertrude Tompkins Silver)
The Argonaut
November 10, 2008
Melissa Evans
"Honors set for WWII-era pilot: Woman who ferried planes during World War II to get LAX memorial." (Gertrude Tompkins Silver)
The Daily Breeze
November 10, 2008
"Adventurer nets more USAF Warbirds in India" (USAAF B-24s 42-100184 and 42-73308)
Frontier India Strategic and Defence
November 9, 2008
Susan Spano
"American military cemeteries in Europe honor fallen heroes in both world wars:
At Henri-Chapelle in Belgium, Meuse-Argonne in France and Sicily-Rome, countless tombstones tell the stories of those who gave their lives in battle."
Los Angeles Times
November 9, 2008
Susan Spano
"Books and movies tell the stories of World Wars I and II"
Los Angeles Times
November 9, 2008
Peter Bacque
"Pride Endures for WWII Vets"
Richmond Times-Dispatch
November 8, 2008
Tony Walter
"Sailor's true fate rests with DNA tests: Vernon Luke served on Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor" (Navy Machinist's Mate 1st Class Vernon Thomas Luke)
Green Bay Press-Gazette
November 7, 2008
Tom Philpott
"Military update: Lost brother, last crewman returns after 64 years" (Army Air Corps Staff Sgt. Martin Troy)
Stars and Stripes
November 7, 2008
"Painting of USS Oklahoma Memorial Dedicated"
BoiseCityNews2'sWebLog
October 2008
October 31, 2008
"Flightdeck Friday: MIA Edition - Missing WWII Airman Returns Home" (USAAF 2nd Lt. Ray D. Packard)
Steeljaw Scribe
Oct. 31, 2008
AIRMAN MISSING IN ACTION FROM WWII IS IDENTIFIED
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from World War II, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
He is Staff Sgt. Martin F. Troy, U.S. Army Air Forces, of Norwalk, Conn. He will be buried on Nov. 20 in Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C.
Representatives from the Army's Mortuary Office met with Troy's next-of-kin to explain the recovery and identification process and to coordinate interment with military honors on behalf of the Secretary of the Army.
On June 30, 1944, Troy was on a B-24H Liberator participating in a mission to bomb an oil refinery in Blechammer, Germany. The plane was shot down by German aircraft and crashed into a swampy area near Nemesvita, Hungary beside Lake Balaton. Seven of the crewmembers parachuted to safety where they were captured by enemy forces and subsequently released. Three crewmen died in the crash and the remains for two of them were eventually recovered and identified. Troy's remains were not recovered.
In 1999 and 2003, Hungarian citizens turned over to U.S. officials human remains supposedly recovered from Troy's crash site. In 2003 and 2005, Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) teams surveyed the site.
In 2007, another JPAC team excavated the site and recovered human remains and non-biological evidence.
Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from JPAC and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory also used mitochondrial DNA in the identification of Troy's remains.
For additional information on the Defense Department's mission to account for missing Americans, visit the DPMO web site at http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo or call (703) 699-1169.
October 31, 2008
The White House: President George W. Bush
Veterans Day, 2008: A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America
On Veterans Day, we pay tribute to the service and sacrifice of the men and women who in defense of our freedom have bravely worn the uniform of the United States.
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