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Remains identified for 2 WWII airmen
The Boston Globe ^
| 4-26-2008
| By James Vaznis
Posted on 04/26/2008 8:01:30 AM PDT by BronzePencil
On Dec. 3, 1943, a B-24D Liberator bomber with two Army airmen from Massachusetts flew a stealth mission to destroy Japanese war vessels in the Bismarck Sea. The mission turned out to be a success. The crew found a Japanese convoy and bombed it.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: airmen; liberator; massachusetts; mia; remains; worldwar2
God Bless and rest in peace.
To: BronzePencil
“They have slipped the surly bonds of earth...put out their hands and touched the face of God.”
Paraphrased from John G. Magee’s “High Flight.”
Rest in peace, noble warriors.
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posted on
04/26/2008 8:16:25 AM PDT
by
ought-six
( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
To: BronzePencil
My late Father was part of the same mission these guys were on flying a B-24 over the Bismarck Sea out of New Guinea. He made it home. These airmen didn’t. God rest their souls.
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posted on
04/26/2008 8:30:45 AM PDT
by
Inyo-Mono
(If you don't want people to get your goat, don't tell them where it's tied.)
To: IncPen; BartMan1
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posted on
04/26/2008 8:32:56 AM PDT
by
Nailbiter
To: BronzePencil
In 2000, the Defense Department first learned of the aircraft wreckage in New Guinea, but the witnesses couldn't remember the exact location of the site.
Finally, in 2004, after much investigation, the department located the plane and its aircraft date plate, ending decades of belief that the plane had gone down in the water.
Over the next three years, the department led two excavations, recovering human remains and personal artifacts such as identification tags.What other country goes to such an effort to recover remains of their fallen military? This is one taxpayer-fed operation that is well worth the effort.
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posted on
04/26/2008 8:33:50 AM PDT
by
Oatka
(A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves." –Bertrand de Jouvenel)
To: BronzePencil
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posted on
04/26/2008 8:37:47 AM PDT
by
MarineBrat
(My wife and I took an AIDS vaccination that the Church offers.)
To: Oatka
Does anybody know the name of the exact Dept of Defense group that does this work?
When I am done with my current job, I think I want to work there. for free if I have to.
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posted on
04/26/2008 9:04:04 AM PDT
by
SubmarineNuke
(To the Sea I shall return)
To: Inyo-Mono
Thank you to your father and to these men. Heroes of a lost era. Be proud. Know you are.
To: Inyo-Mono
Brave men, God bless you.
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posted on
04/26/2008 10:05:44 AM PDT
by
ANGGAPO
(LayteGulf BeachClub)
To: SubmarineNuke
Does anybody know the name of the exact Dept of Defense group that does this work?My first unauthoritative guess would be "JTF-FA" - Joint Task Force - Full Accounting.
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posted on
04/26/2008 10:11:21 AM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: Oatka
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posted on
04/26/2008 3:20:27 PM PDT
by
ops33
(Senior Master Sergeant, USAF (Retired))
To: Oatka
What other country goes to such an effort to recover remains of their fallen military? This is one taxpayer-fed operation that is well worth the effort. BUMP.
To: SubmarineNuke
JPAC - Joint Prisoners of War/Missing in Action Accounting Command. It is located at Hickam AFB, HI, and a part of the US Pacific Command.
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posted on
04/26/2008 3:27:44 PM PDT
by
ops33
(Senior Master Sergeant, USAF (Retired))
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