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D-Day Soldier's Dog Tag Found in Sand
MSNBC ^
| 06-06-07
| By KRISTIN M. HALL
Posted on 06/06/2007 11:55:23 AM PDT by MNJohnnie
HUNTINGDON, Tenn. - The family of Pvt. William Bernice Clark never had a funeral for him, never got to say goodbye and never really accepted his fate among the fallen during the Normandy D-Day landings in World War II. That was until his dog tag was discovered in the sands of Omaha Beach.
On Wednesday _ exactly 63 years after that tragic day _ the aged tag was returned to his native Tennessee.
"This feels like an ending," said the soldier's first cousin, 79-year-old Lota Park, who along with another cousin accepted the dog tag at a ceremony in the small town of Huntingdon, about 90 miles west of Nashville.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: archeology; dday; memoriam; remember; supporthetroops
Thank you Pvt Clark. Rest in Peace.
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posted on
06/06/2007 11:55:25 AM PDT
by
MNJohnnie
To: MNJohnnie
Goosebumps...
Our thanks, Pvt Clark..
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posted on
06/06/2007 11:59:19 AM PDT
by
SE Mom
(Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet -Fred'08)
To: MNJohnnie
From later in the article:
"The collector from New Jersey, Bill Santora, said the dog tag was the most cherished piece in his World War II collection, but he was happy to give it up when the memorial officials told him it could be returned to his family."
Often amazing how a small gesture can make such a large difference in the lives of people who you don't know. Thanks for doing the right thing Bill Santora.
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posted on
06/06/2007 12:04:20 PM PDT
by
chrisser
To: MNJohnnie
Soldier rest, Gently pressed,
To the calm, Mother Earth's
Waiting breast;
Duty done, Like the sun:
Going West.
SEMPER FI SOLDER.
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posted on
06/06/2007 12:04:28 PM PDT
by
Dubya
(Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father,but by me)
To: MNJohnnie
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posted on
06/06/2007 12:06:25 PM PDT
by
passionfruit
(When illegals become legal, even they won't do work American's won't do)
To: MNJohnnie
God Bless You, Private Clark. I’m sure you have been rejoicing with Him and the angels and the saints for these past many decades.
Thank you for your great sacrifice.
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posted on
06/06/2007 12:06:30 PM PDT
by
Palladin
(NO Shamnesty!!!)
To: MNJohnnie
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posted on
06/06/2007 12:07:31 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum.)
To: Palladin
To: SandRat; Kathy in Alaska; Old Sarge
You might find this story intresting.
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posted on
06/06/2007 12:08:47 PM PDT
by
MNJohnnie
(If you will try being smarter, I will try being nicer.)
To: Eric in the Ozarks
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posted on
06/06/2007 12:10:53 PM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
(A wolf in sheep's clothing is much more dangerous than a wolf in drag.)
To: MNJohnnie
Welcome Home, Fellow Tennessean
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posted on
06/06/2007 12:11:53 PM PDT
by
Tennessee_Bob
("Those who "abjure" violence can only do so because others are committing violence on their behalf.")
To: MNJohnnie
The story sort of reminds me of the British movie “Overlord”.
About a “Tommie and all the work he and thousands of others put in
to make their assault.
And never cleared the beach.
May G-d give their souls rest.
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posted on
06/06/2007 12:13:55 PM PDT
by
VOA
To: All
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posted on
06/06/2007 12:14:31 PM PDT
by
Dubya
(Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father,but by me)
To: MNJohnnie
‘Thank you Pvt Clark. Rest in Peace.’
Amen.
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posted on
06/06/2007 12:15:17 PM PDT
by
Badeye
(You know its a kook site when they ban the word 'kook')
To: chrisser
Often amazing how a small gesture can make such a large difference
in the lives of people who you don't know. Thanks for doing the right
thing Bill Santora.
Amen to that.
Sort of reminds me of that motto from the Romans about how mortals most
resemble "the g-ds" in the kindness they do the their fellow mortals.
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posted on
06/06/2007 12:16:18 PM PDT
by
VOA
To: MNJohnnie
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posted on
06/06/2007 12:19:42 PM PDT
by
MarineBrat
(My wife and I took an AIDS vaccination that the Church offers.)
To: SE Mom
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posted on
06/06/2007 12:21:58 PM PDT
by
johnny7
("But that one on the far left... he had crazy eyes")
To: MNJohnnie
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posted on
06/06/2007 2:42:55 PM PDT
by
CDB
(The Democrats "support the troops," in the best PT Barnum tradition)
To: MNJohnnie
Bill Mauldin tribute (b/w), Illustration by Kevin Kilgore
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posted on
06/06/2007 4:18:22 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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