USS Monitor Civil War sailors to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery 150 years later
Published March 08, 2013
FoxNews.com
ARLINGTON, Va. – Two unknown crewmen found in the USS Monitor's turret will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery 150 years after the Civil War sank off the North Carolina coast.
Navy Secretary Ray Mabus is scheduled to speak during Friday's ceremony, which will include Monitor kin who believe the two Union sailors are their ancestors.
Sixteen sailors died when the Monitor went down in rough seas off Cape Hatteras on March 9, 1862. The two crew members' skeletons and the remains of their uniforms were found in 2002 when the ship's rusted turret was raised from the ocean floor.
The Monitor made nautical history when it fought in the first battle between two ironclads. The battle with the CSS Virginia was a draw.
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Saturday, March 9, 2013
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Charles Durning: war hero and character actor
Charles Durning: war hero and character actor
Celebrity deaths
posted by halboedeker
December, 25 2012
His death Monday, at age 89, brought back a flood of movie and TV memories. He played confusion beautifully as Jessica Lange’s father in “Tootsie.”
Durning racked up impressive credits: ”Dog Day Afternoon,” “The Sting,” “Dick Tracy,” “Starting Over,” “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas,” “Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?” and the remake of “To Be or Not to Be.”
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Celebrity deaths
posted by halboedeker
December, 25 2012
He was awarded the Silver Star and three Purple Hearts. He will be buried in Arlington National Cemetery.The life and art of Charles Durning are inseparable. He drew on what he had seen to enrich his acting. He had seen a lot as a soldier who survived the D-Day invasion.
His death Monday, at age 89, brought back a flood of movie and TV memories. He played confusion beautifully as Jessica Lange’s father in “Tootsie.”
Durning racked up impressive credits: ”Dog Day Afternoon,” “The Sting,” “Dick Tracy,” “Starting Over,” “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas,” “Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?” and the remake of “To Be or Not to Be.”
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Thursday, December 20, 2012
Burial of Baton Rouge MIA evokes memories for Vietnam Veterans
A Final Homecoming: Burial of Baton Rouge MIA evokes memories for local vets
Tri-Parish Times
By JOHN DeSANTIS
Senior Staff Writer
Roger Songe and Roy Youngblood, two of many Vietnam veterans living in the Tri-parish region, never knew James Johnstone.
But they are among local veterans who said burial of the Baton Rouge army captain last week at Arlington National Cemetery, 46 years after his death during a reconnaissance mission over Laos, stirred emotions, offered comfort and also hope.
The hope is that officials will continue having success as they search for service members still missing from that war and others.
“He is from Louisiana and so that means a lot to all of us,” said Songe. “It is one more of our boys coming home.”
Capt. Johnstone was buried last Wednesday at Arlington National Cemetery. He was the pilot of an OV-1A Mohawk, a helicopter-plane hybrid used extensively during the Vietnam era, when the aircraft crashed in Attapu Province, Laos, on Nov. 19, 1966.
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Tri-Parish Times
By JOHN DeSANTIS
Senior Staff Writer
Roger Songe and Roy Youngblood, two of many Vietnam veterans living in the Tri-parish region, never knew James Johnstone.
But they are among local veterans who said burial of the Baton Rouge army captain last week at Arlington National Cemetery, 46 years after his death during a reconnaissance mission over Laos, stirred emotions, offered comfort and also hope.
The hope is that officials will continue having success as they search for service members still missing from that war and others.
“He is from Louisiana and so that means a lot to all of us,” said Songe. “It is one more of our boys coming home.”
Capt. Johnstone was buried last Wednesday at Arlington National Cemetery. He was the pilot of an OV-1A Mohawk, a helicopter-plane hybrid used extensively during the Vietnam era, when the aircraft crashed in Attapu Province, Laos, on Nov. 19, 1966.
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Thursday, November 22, 2012
Woman shown disrespecting Arlington National Cemetery lost job!
If you want to see the picture click the link below. I can't stomach looking at it.
Shamed Facebook Poster Loses Her Job
Nov 22, 2012
Boston Herald
by Jessica Heslam
A Plymouth, Mass., woman taking an online beating for posting a photo of herself flipping the bird at Arlington National Cemetery on Facebook has lost her job.
LIFE Inc. of Hyannis -- a Cape Cod nonprofit that helps adults with special needs -- announced that Lindsey Stone, along with a co-worker who snapped the offending photo, are no longer working there.
"Lindsey resigned and we accepted her resignation," LIFE Inc. CEO Diane Enochs told the Herald.
Ironically, the formal announcement was made on Facebook.
"We wish to announce that the two employees recently involved in the Arlington Cemetery incident are no longer employees of LIFE. Again, we deeply regret any disrespect to members of the military and their families. The incident and publicity has been very upsetting to the learning disabled population we serve. To protect our residents, any comments, however well-intentioned, will be deleted. We appreciate your concern and understanding as we focus on the care of our community," the statement reads.
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Sunday, November 11, 2012
President Barack Obama delivered his Veterans Day 2012 address at Arlington
Veterans Day 2012: Obama Pays Tribute (VIDEO, FULL TEXT)
Posted: 11/11/2012
President Barack Obama delivered his Veterans Day 2012 address at Arlington National Cemetery on Sunday, paying tribute to "the heroes over the generations" who served in the U.S. military.
Obama laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns, adding that "no ceremony or parade, no hug or handshake is enough to truly honor that service." He specifically pointed to the end of the Iraq War, noting that this was the first Veterans Day without U.S. military members embroiled in that conflict.
"This is the first Veterans Day in a decade in which there are no American troops fighting and dying in Iraq," the president said.
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Posted: 11/11/2012
President Barack Obama delivered his Veterans Day 2012 address at Arlington National Cemetery on Sunday, paying tribute to "the heroes over the generations" who served in the U.S. military.
Obama laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns, adding that "no ceremony or parade, no hug or handshake is enough to truly honor that service." He specifically pointed to the end of the Iraq War, noting that this was the first Veterans Day without U.S. military members embroiled in that conflict.
"This is the first Veterans Day in a decade in which there are no American troops fighting and dying in Iraq," the president said.
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Monday, October 29, 2012
The Old Guard, keeping watch over the tomb no matter what storm comes
Old Guard stays at Tomb of Unknowns amid storm
The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Oct 29, 2012
ARLINGTON, Va. — In the face of Hurricane Sandy, the Army continued to guard the Tomb of the Unknowns on Monday but not with the familiar, choreographed 21 paces that the public typically sees.
A photo that went viral on social media of three soldiers from the Army’s Third U.S. Infantry Regiment, known as The Old Guard, keeping watch over the tomb was actually taken during a September rainstorm. The Army became aware of the photo and said on its Twitter account and to media that it was from September.
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The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Oct 29, 2012
ARLINGTON, Va. — In the face of Hurricane Sandy, the Army continued to guard the Tomb of the Unknowns on Monday but not with the familiar, choreographed 21 paces that the public typically sees.
A photo that went viral on social media of three soldiers from the Army’s Third U.S. Infantry Regiment, known as The Old Guard, keeping watch over the tomb was actually taken during a September rainstorm. The Army became aware of the photo and said on its Twitter account and to media that it was from September.
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Saturday, September 29, 2012
Remains of Florida man missing in WWII identified
Remains of Fla. man missing in WWII identified
The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Sep 28, 2012
MARIANNA, Fla. — Authorities have identified the remains of a Florida Panhandle man declared missing in action in World War II.
The Defense Department said Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Samuel Lunday of Marianna will be buried Friday at Arlington National Cemetery.
Officials said Lunday and four other U.S. servicemen lost radio contact as their aircraft flew from China to India in April 1943.
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The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Sep 28, 2012
MARIANNA, Fla. — Authorities have identified the remains of a Florida Panhandle man declared missing in action in World War II.
The Defense Department said Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Samuel Lunday of Marianna will be buried Friday at Arlington National Cemetery.
Officials said Lunday and four other U.S. servicemen lost radio contact as their aircraft flew from China to India in April 1943.
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Friday, September 21, 2012
IG Report Praises Reforms at Arlington Cemetery
IG Report Praises Reforms at Arlington Cemetery
Sep 21, 2012
Associated Press
by Matthew Barakat
McLEAN, Va. -- New leaders at Arlington National Cemetery have transformed the burial ground into a top-notch institution after officials uncovered mismanagement and misidentified graves two years ago, according to a Pentagon inspector general report released Thursday.
The inspector general concludes that Arlington and another cemetery run by the Army, the Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery in Washington, "have transformed ... into premiere institutions of excellence capable of setting the standards for federal cemeteries across the nation."
The report in particular cites the implementation of geospatial technology to track cemetery operations -- the first national cemetery to do so, according to the report. It also cites progress in an ongoing effort to verify the names and dates on all of the headstones and grave markers at Arlington. More than 400,000 people are buried there, and as of Monday, 96 percent of those markers have been verified for accuracy. Another 8,400 gravesites still require verification, mostly in the oldest sections of the cemetery where the existing records -- which in some cases date back 150 years -- are sometimes incomplete and ambiguous.
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Sep 21, 2012
Associated Press
by Matthew Barakat
McLEAN, Va. -- New leaders at Arlington National Cemetery have transformed the burial ground into a top-notch institution after officials uncovered mismanagement and misidentified graves two years ago, according to a Pentagon inspector general report released Thursday.
The inspector general concludes that Arlington and another cemetery run by the Army, the Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery in Washington, "have transformed ... into premiere institutions of excellence capable of setting the standards for federal cemeteries across the nation."
The report in particular cites the implementation of geospatial technology to track cemetery operations -- the first national cemetery to do so, according to the report. It also cites progress in an ongoing effort to verify the names and dates on all of the headstones and grave markers at Arlington. More than 400,000 people are buried there, and as of Monday, 96 percent of those markers have been verified for accuracy. Another 8,400 gravesites still require verification, mostly in the oldest sections of the cemetery where the existing records -- which in some cases date back 150 years -- are sometimes incomplete and ambiguous.
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Monday, July 16, 2012
Former homeless veteran lands $4M government contract for Arlington National Cemetery
Former homeless veteran lands $4M government contract
By IKE WILSON
The Frederick (Md.) News-Post
Published: July 12, 2012
FREDERICK, Md. — Allen Edwards, CEO of EBA Enterprises Inc. and a veteran who was once homeless, recently landed a $4 million federal government contract to do construction work on the Arlington National Cemetery visitors center.
The award is the largest job Edwards has won since he started his Service-Disabled Veteran Owned HUB Zone-certified small business in 2004, he said.
EBA Enterprises Inc. has four employees, but the company is using about 30 subcontractors, many of whom are veterans, to install chillers for heating and air-conditioning systems, ductwork, ceiling and tiles, and do landscaping work at the visitors center, Edwards said.
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By IKE WILSON
The Frederick (Md.) News-Post
Published: July 12, 2012
FREDERICK, Md. — Allen Edwards, CEO of EBA Enterprises Inc. and a veteran who was once homeless, recently landed a $4 million federal government contract to do construction work on the Arlington National Cemetery visitors center.
The award is the largest job Edwards has won since he started his Service-Disabled Veteran Owned HUB Zone-certified small business in 2004, he said.
EBA Enterprises Inc. has four employees, but the company is using about 30 subcontractors, many of whom are veterans, to install chillers for heating and air-conditioning systems, ductwork, ceiling and tiles, and do landscaping work at the visitors center, Edwards said.
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Monday, May 28, 2012
Obama on Memorial Day Recalls the Fallen
Obama on Memorial Day Recalls the Fallen
Winding Down of Wars in Iraq, Afghanistan
By Jon Garcia
May 28, 2012
Under bright, hazy skies at Arlington National Cemetery, President Obama spent his fourth Memorial Day as commander in chief honoring the hundreds of thousands of soldiers who died serving their country, particularly in the Vietnam War, which began more than 50 years ago.
“From the jungles of Vietnam to the mountains of Afghanistan, they stepped forward and answered the call,” Obama told hundreds gathered in the humid, midday heat at the cemetery, which is across the Potomac River from the capital.
”They fought for a home they might never return to; they fought for buddies they’ll never forget. While their stories may be separated by hundreds of years and thousands of miles, they rest here, together. Side by side, row by row. Because each of them loved this country and everything it stands for more than life itself.”
Heeding to custom, Obama also laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, pausing to reflect and pray as a lone bugler played taps.
Obama took pains to point out that “for the first time in nine years Americans are not fighting and dying in Iraq.”
That declaration drew applause, as did his pronouncement that “we are winding down the war in Afghanistan and our troops will continue to come home.
“After a decade under the dark cloud of war, we can see the light of a new day on the horizon,” Obama said, pointing out that we need to remember not only the fallen but their families too.
“As a country, all of us can and should ask ourselves how we can help you shoulder a burden that nobody should have to bear alone,” he said.
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Winding Down of Wars in Iraq, Afghanistan
By Jon Garcia
May 28, 2012
"The White House announced last week that the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, the National Park Service and the Department of Defense had launched a 13-year program to “to honor and give thanks to a generation of proud Americans who saw our country through one of the most challenging missions we have ever faced.”
It was 50 years ago in January that the U.S. began to provide helicopter support to the South Vietnamese. That action grew into a 13-year conflict that took more than 58,000 American lives."
Under bright, hazy skies at Arlington National Cemetery, President Obama spent his fourth Memorial Day as commander in chief honoring the hundreds of thousands of soldiers who died serving their country, particularly in the Vietnam War, which began more than 50 years ago.
“From the jungles of Vietnam to the mountains of Afghanistan, they stepped forward and answered the call,” Obama told hundreds gathered in the humid, midday heat at the cemetery, which is across the Potomac River from the capital.
”They fought for a home they might never return to; they fought for buddies they’ll never forget. While their stories may be separated by hundreds of years and thousands of miles, they rest here, together. Side by side, row by row. Because each of them loved this country and everything it stands for more than life itself.”
Heeding to custom, Obama also laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, pausing to reflect and pray as a lone bugler played taps.
Obama took pains to point out that “for the first time in nine years Americans are not fighting and dying in Iraq.”
That declaration drew applause, as did his pronouncement that “we are winding down the war in Afghanistan and our troops will continue to come home.
“After a decade under the dark cloud of war, we can see the light of a new day on the horizon,” Obama said, pointing out that we need to remember not only the fallen but their families too.
“As a country, all of us can and should ask ourselves how we can help you shoulder a burden that nobody should have to bear alone,” he said.
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Saturday, March 24, 2012
Arlington ceremony honors 'citizens who are truly heroes'
Arlington ceremony honors 'citizens who are truly heroes'
By JENNIFER HLAD
Stars and Stripes
Published: March 23, 2012
WASHINGTON – Patrick Brady earned a Medal of Honor in Vietnam, piloting ambulance helicopters again and again through foggy, heavily defended enemy territory to rescue wounded men.
On Friday, he and fellow living Medal of Honor recipients honored three civilians who Brady said “are the kind of people that we fought for.”
The ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery was the fifth annual Citizen Service Before Self Honors, a way to recognize “everyday people who become extraordinary,” Brady said.
The day also marked the 150th anniversary of the Medal of Honor and National Medal of Honor Day, which is Sunday.
Every American has the responsibility to put others in front of themselves, and there are many acts of courage and sacrifice every day, said retired Gen. Richard B. Myers, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The awards are a way to “recognize those among our citizens who are truly heroes,” Myers said.
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By JENNIFER HLAD
Stars and Stripes
Published: March 23, 2012
WASHINGTON – Patrick Brady earned a Medal of Honor in Vietnam, piloting ambulance helicopters again and again through foggy, heavily defended enemy territory to rescue wounded men.
On Friday, he and fellow living Medal of Honor recipients honored three civilians who Brady said “are the kind of people that we fought for.”
The ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery was the fifth annual Citizen Service Before Self Honors, a way to recognize “everyday people who become extraordinary,” Brady said.
The day also marked the 150th anniversary of the Medal of Honor and National Medal of Honor Day, which is Sunday.
Every American has the responsibility to put others in front of themselves, and there are many acts of courage and sacrifice every day, said retired Gen. Richard B. Myers, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The awards are a way to “recognize those among our citizens who are truly heroes,” Myers said.
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2012 Citizen Service Before Self Honors recipients Montel Mixon, Brandon Wemhoff and James McCormick and American Spirit Award recipient Spencer Zimmerman tell their stories.
Friday, March 9, 2012
Fort Bragg Green Beret to be buried with daughters at Arlington
N.C. girls to be buried at Arlington with dad
The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Mar 8, 2012
FORT BRAGG, N.C. — The two young daughters of a decorated Green Beret who died trying to rescue them from a burning house near Fort Bragg will be laid to rest with their father at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Fort Bragg Green Beret dies trying to save kids from fire
The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Mar 8, 2012
U.S. ARMY SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND VIA APChief Warrant Officer Edward Cantrell died March 6 along with his daughters, 6-year-old Isabella and 4-year-old Natalia. He and his daughters will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
FORT BRAGG, N.C. — The two young daughters of a decorated Green Beret who died trying to rescue them from a burning house near Fort Bragg will be laid to rest with their father at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Fort Bragg Green Beret dies trying to save kids from fire
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Burial problems found at VA cemeteries
Burial problems found at VA cemeteries
By Christian Davenport, Published: January 23
The Department of Veterans Affairs has found scores of misplaced headstones and at least eight cases of people buried in the wrong places at several military cemeteries across the country.
The review by the VA’s National Cemetery Administration follows the revelation of widespread burial problems at Arlington National Cemetery, which touched off congressional inquiries and a criminal investigation.
By Christian Davenport, Published: January 23
The Department of Veterans Affairs has found scores of misplaced headstones and at least eight cases of people buried in the wrong places at several military cemeteries across the country.
The review by the VA’s National Cemetery Administration follows the revelation of widespread burial problems at Arlington National Cemetery, which touched off congressional inquiries and a criminal investigation.
In addition to the cemeteries in Texas, he said, problems have been discovered at national burial grounds in Ohio, New Mexico, New Jersey, Maryland and Pennsylvania. The cemetery administration is waiting on reports from Golden Gate and San Francisco National Cemeteries.
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Monday, December 5, 2011
100K wreaths headed to Arlington Cemetery
100K wreaths headed to Arlington Cemetery
By Clarke Canfield - The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Dec 5, 2011
This year, Worcester has arranged for up to 100,000 wreaths to be placed on gravesites at the military cemetery on Dec. 10 in his biggest wreath-laying undertaking yet.
A convoy of more than 20 trucks left Worcester Wreath Co. in the eastern Maine town of Harrington on Sunday to begin the six-day journey to the cemetery in Arlington, Va., outside Washington. The cemetery is the final resting place for hundreds of thousands of veterans and a tourist site that draws 4 million visitors a year. Along the way, there'll be ceremonies at schools, veterans' homes and in communities in Maine, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland.
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By Clarke Canfield - The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Dec 5, 2011
WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA Wreaths donated by Wreaths Across America adorn gravestones at Arlington National Cemetery in 2010. In his biggest wreath-laying undertaking yet, Wreaths Across America founder Morrill Worcester has arranged for up to 100,000 wreaths to be placed on gravesites at the military cemetery.PORTLAND, Maine — Twenty years ago, wreath company owner Morrill Worcester and a dozen other people laid 5,000 wreaths on headstones at Arlington National Cemetery. It was Worcester's way of giving thanks to the nation's veterans with leftover unsold wreaths.
This year, Worcester has arranged for up to 100,000 wreaths to be placed on gravesites at the military cemetery on Dec. 10 in his biggest wreath-laying undertaking yet.
A convoy of more than 20 trucks left Worcester Wreath Co. in the eastern Maine town of Harrington on Sunday to begin the six-day journey to the cemetery in Arlington, Va., outside Washington. The cemetery is the final resting place for hundreds of thousands of veterans and a tourist site that draws 4 million visitors a year. Along the way, there'll be ceremonies at schools, veterans' homes and in communities in Maine, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland.
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Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Soldiers Killed In Vietnam To Receive Proper Burial, Nearly 40 Years Later
Soldier Killed In Vietnam To Receive Proper Burial, Nearly 40 Years Later
November 8, 2011
BLUE ISLAND, Ill. (CBS) — A soldier from Blue Island who was 17 when he died in Vietnam will be buried with military honors at Arlington National Cemetery this week.
As WBBM Newsradio’s Lisa Fielding reports, Army Pfc. Wayne Bibbs died in 1972 while serving as a door gunner on a helicopter that crashed. But the casket was empty at his first funeral, because his remains and those of two others were not found until decades later.
The U.S. Department of Defense announced Monday that Bibbs will be buried as a group in a single casket with Capt. Arnold E. Holm Jr. of Waterford, Conn., and Spc. Robin R. Yeakley of South Bend, Ind.
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November 8, 2011
BLUE ISLAND, Ill. (CBS) — A soldier from Blue Island who was 17 when he died in Vietnam will be buried with military honors at Arlington National Cemetery this week.
As WBBM Newsradio’s Lisa Fielding reports, Army Pfc. Wayne Bibbs died in 1972 while serving as a door gunner on a helicopter that crashed. But the casket was empty at his first funeral, because his remains and those of two others were not found until decades later.
The U.S. Department of Defense announced Monday that Bibbs will be buried as a group in a single casket with Capt. Arnold E. Holm Jr. of Waterford, Conn., and Spc. Robin R. Yeakley of South Bend, Ind.
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Monday, October 24, 2011
Missing WWII Airmen to be Buried at Arlington
Missing WWII Airmen to be Buried at Arlington
October 22, 2011
Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon announced Friday that the remains of 10 airmen missing in action from World War II will be buried next week at Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors.
The Department of Defense said in a news release that the crew was on a bombing mission over Berlin in April 1944 when their B-24J Liberator aircraft crashed near East Meitze, Germany. There were no survivors.
October 22, 2011
Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon announced Friday that the remains of 10 airmen missing in action from World War II will be buried next week at Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors.
The Department of Defense said in a news release that the crew was on a bombing mission over Berlin in April 1944 when their B-24J Liberator aircraft crashed near East Meitze, Germany. There were no survivors.
read more hereArmy Air Forces 2nd Lt. Robert R. Bishop of Joliet, Ill.2nd Lt. Thomas Digman, Jr. of Pittsburgh2nd Lt. Donald W. Hess of Sioux City, Iowa2nd Lt. Arthur W. Luce, of Fort Bragg, Calif.Staff Sgt. Joseph J. Karaso, of PhiladelphiaStaff Sgt. Ralph L. McDonald of East Point, Ga.Sgt. John P. Bonnassiolle of Oakland, Calif.Sgt. James T. Blong of Port Washington, Wis.Sgt. Michael A. Chiodo of ClevelandSgt. John J. Harringer, Jr. of South Bend, Ind.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Remains of 3 GIs missing since 1969 identified
Remains of 3 GIs missing since 1969 identified
Staff report
Posted : Monday Oct 3, 2011 14:37:03 EDT
The Pentagon on Monday said it had identified the remains of three soldiers who had been missing in action for more than 40 years. The remains will be buried later this week at Arlington National Cemetery.
The soldiers were identified as:
• Master Sgt. Charles V. Newton of Canadian, Texas.
• Sgt. 1st Class Douglas E. Dahill of Lima, Ohio.
• Sgt. 1st Class Charles F. Prevedel of St. Louis.
The soldiers went missing April 17, 1969, after being ambushed while on a reconnaissance patrol in Quang Nam province, Vietnam, near the Laos border.
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Staff report
Posted : Monday Oct 3, 2011 14:37:03 EDT
The Pentagon on Monday said it had identified the remains of three soldiers who had been missing in action for more than 40 years. The remains will be buried later this week at Arlington National Cemetery.
The soldiers were identified as:
• Master Sgt. Charles V. Newton of Canadian, Texas.
• Sgt. 1st Class Douglas E. Dahill of Lima, Ohio.
• Sgt. 1st Class Charles F. Prevedel of St. Louis.
The soldiers went missing April 17, 1969, after being ambushed while on a reconnaissance patrol in Quang Nam province, Vietnam, near the Laos border.
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Monday, October 3, 2011
Remains of Local Soldier Missing from Vietnam War Identified
Remains of Local Soldier Missing from Vietnam War Identified
FOX2now.com
4:18 p.m. CDT, October 3, 2011
(KTVI - FOX2now.com)—
The remains of a local soldier, missing in action from the Vietnam War, will be laid to rest.
Sgt. 1st Class Charles F. Prevedel of St. Louis, Mo., of the U.S. Army, has been identified and returned to his families for burial with full military honors.
Sgt. Prevedel will be buried on Oct. 5 at Arlington National Cemetery.
On April 17, 1969, Prevedel was on a long-range reconnaissance patrol operating in Quang Nam Province, Vietnam, near the border of Laos.
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FOX2now.com
4:18 p.m. CDT, October 3, 2011
(KTVI - FOX2now.com)—
The remains of a local soldier, missing in action from the Vietnam War, will be laid to rest.
Sgt. 1st Class Charles F. Prevedel of St. Louis, Mo., of the U.S. Army, has been identified and returned to his families for burial with full military honors.
Sgt. Prevedel will be buried on Oct. 5 at Arlington National Cemetery.
On April 17, 1969, Prevedel was on a long-range reconnaissance patrol operating in Quang Nam Province, Vietnam, near the border of Laos.
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Friday, August 26, 2011
Troops photograph every Arlington grave
Troops photograph every Arlington grave
August 26, 2011 5:21 AM
KIMBERLY HEFLING
Associated Press
ARLINGTON, Va. — Night after night this summer, troops from the Army's historic Old Guard have left their immaculately pressed dress blues, white gloves and shiny black boots at home to slip into Arlington National Cemetery in T-shirts and flip-flops to photograph each and every grave with an iPhone.
The sometimes eerie task to photograph more than 219,000 grave markers and the front of more than 43,000 sets of cremated remains in the columbarium is part of the Army's effort to account for every grave and to update and fully digitize the cemetery's maps. The Old Guard performs its work at night to escape the summer heat and to avoid interrupting funerals.
Last year a scandal over mismanagement at the nation's most hallowed burial ground revealed unmarked and mismarked graves. Congress then mandated that the cemetery account for the graves of the more than 330,000 people interred in the cemetery. Markers may bear more than one name, such as a service member and spouse.
The photos taken at night are matched with other records to find the discrepancies that need to be fixed, a process officials say is too early to draw any conclusions. Military officials hope they can eventually use the photos to create an online database for the public.
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August 26, 2011 5:21 AM
KIMBERLY HEFLING
Associated Press
ARLINGTON, Va. — Night after night this summer, troops from the Army's historic Old Guard have left their immaculately pressed dress blues, white gloves and shiny black boots at home to slip into Arlington National Cemetery in T-shirts and flip-flops to photograph each and every grave with an iPhone.
The sometimes eerie task to photograph more than 219,000 grave markers and the front of more than 43,000 sets of cremated remains in the columbarium is part of the Army's effort to account for every grave and to update and fully digitize the cemetery's maps. The Old Guard performs its work at night to escape the summer heat and to avoid interrupting funerals.
Last year a scandal over mismanagement at the nation's most hallowed burial ground revealed unmarked and mismarked graves. Congress then mandated that the cemetery account for the graves of the more than 330,000 people interred in the cemetery. Markers may bear more than one name, such as a service member and spouse.
The photos taken at night are matched with other records to find the discrepancies that need to be fixed, a process officials say is too early to draw any conclusions. Military officials hope they can eventually use the photos to create an online database for the public.
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Thursday, July 21, 2011
Remains of Korean War MIA identified after 60 years
Laflin soldier's remains identified 60 years after disappearance
BY BOB KALINOWSKI, STAFF WRITER
Published: July 20, 2011
More than 60 years after he was reported missing following a Korean War battle, the remains of an Army soldier from Laflin have been identified and will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., the military announced today.
The remains of Army Pfc. Peter Kubic, who went missing in South Korea at age 22, will be laid to rest in the revered cemetery Thursday, the Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced.
On Feb. 12, 1951, Kubic was assigned to the 2nd Infantry Division in South Korea, when his division came under attack near Hoengsong. Following the battle, Kubic was reported missing in action, authorities said.
In the early 1990s, North Korean forces gave the United States 208 boxes of remains believed to contain the remains of up to 400 U.S. servicemen, the Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office said.
Scientists from the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory used mitochondrial DNA to match Kubic's remains with his sister, authorities said. Kubic’s military identification tags were included with the boxes of remains handed over to the Untied States, officials said.
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Laflin soldier remains identified
BY BOB KALINOWSKI, STAFF WRITER
Published: July 20, 2011
More than 60 years after he was reported missing following a Korean War battle, the remains of an Army soldier from Laflin have been identified and will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., the military announced today.
The remains of Army Pfc. Peter Kubic, who went missing in South Korea at age 22, will be laid to rest in the revered cemetery Thursday, the Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced.
On Feb. 12, 1951, Kubic was assigned to the 2nd Infantry Division in South Korea, when his division came under attack near Hoengsong. Following the battle, Kubic was reported missing in action, authorities said.
In the early 1990s, North Korean forces gave the United States 208 boxes of remains believed to contain the remains of up to 400 U.S. servicemen, the Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office said.
Scientists from the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory used mitochondrial DNA to match Kubic's remains with his sister, authorities said. Kubic’s military identification tags were included with the boxes of remains handed over to the Untied States, officials said.
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