Jim Scanlon (deceased)
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Post by Jim Scanlon (deceased) on Oct 23, 2011 1:42:18 GMT 9
Aircrew Missing in Action from WWII Identified The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of 10 servicemen, missing in action from World War II, have been identified and are being returned to their families for burial with full military honors. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Robert R. Bishop of Joliet, Ill.; 2nd Lt. Thomas Digman, Jr. of Pittsburgh; 2nd Lt. Donald W. Hess of Sioux City, Iowa; 2nd Lt. Arthur W. Luce, of Fort Bragg, Calif.; Staff Sgt. Joseph J. Karaso, of Philadelphia; Staff 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 Cleveland; and Sgt. John J. Harringer, Jr. of South Bend, Ind., will be buried as a group, in a single casket representing the entire crew, on Oct. 26, in Arlington National Cemetery. Hess and Karaso will be interred individually in Arlington National Cemetery. On April 29, 1944, the 10 airmen were ordered to carry out a bombing mission over Berlin, Germany, in their B-24J Liberator aircraft, piloted by Bishop and Luce. German documents captured after the war noted that the aircraft crashed near the town of East Meitze, Germany, and there were no survivors. German forces buried the remains of Digman, Blong, and one unknown airman in a cemetery near Hannover, Germany, around the time of the crash. In 1946, the Army Graves Registration Service exhumed the remains of the three individuals for identification and reburied them in a U.S. Military Cemetery in Condroz, Belgium. In 2003, a German national located the site of the crash and recovered human remains, which were turned over to U.S. officials. In 2005, a Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) team excavated the crash site and gathered additional human remains, military equipment, and metal identification tags for Bishop, Blong, Bonnassiolle, and Harringer. The team also recovered a class ring with the initials AWL -- presumably belonging to Luce. In 2007, a JPAC team completed the site excavation and found additional evidence that helped to confirm the identity of the crew. Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from JPAC and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory used dental analysis and mitochondrial DNA -- which matched that of some of the crewmembers' families -- in the identification of their remains. At the end of the war, the U.S. government was unable to recover and identify approximately 79,000 Americans. Today, more than 73,000 remain unaccounted-for from the conflict. For additional information on the Defense Department's mission to account for missing Americans, visit the DPMO web site at www.dtic.mil/dpmo or call 703-699-1420.
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Post by Gene on Oct 25, 2011 2:41:27 GMT 9
Missing World War II Airmen Identified: The Defense Department announced that it has identified the remains of 10 airmen missing in action from World War II. DOD officials are returning the airmen's remains to their families for burial with full military honors. The airmen were the crew of a B-24J Liberator lost over Germany on April 29, 1944. They are: 2nd Lt. Robert R. Bishop of Joliet, Ill.; 2nd Lt. Thomas Digman Jr., Pittsburgh; 2nd Lt. Donald W. Hess, Sioux City, Iowa; 2nd Lt. Arthur W. Luce, Fort Bragg, Calif.; SSgt. Joseph J. Karaso, Philadelphia; SSgt. Ralph L. McDonald, East Point, Ga.; Sgt. John P. Bonnassiolle, Oakland, Calif.; Sgt. James T. Blong, Port Washington, Wis.; Sgt. Michael A. Chiodo, Cleveland; and Sgt. John J. Harringer Jr., South Bend, Ind. They will be buried as a group in a single casket on Wednesday at Arlington National Cemetery. Hess and Karaso also will be interred individually there. Crash site excavations in 2005 and 2007 led to recovery of human remains, military equipment, and personal belongings that enabled the airmen's identification, according to DOD
:salute :salute :salute
:god_bless_usa
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Post by adart on Oct 26, 2011 6:43:36 GMT 9
May they rest inHeaven forever. God Bless Them!!
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Jim Scanlon (deceased)
Senior Staff
FORUM CHAPLAIN
Commander South Texas outpost of the County Sligo Squadron
Currently: Offline
Posts: 5,075
Location:
Joined: July 2007
Retired: USAF NBA: Spurs NFL: Niners MLB: Giants NHL: Penguins
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Post by Jim Scanlon (deceased) on Jun 11, 2013 3:43:49 GMT 9
The AFA Daily Journal had the below story about another B-24 crewman missing since WW-2, who's remains have been identified.
World War II Airman's Remains Recovered
Defense Department forensic scientists identified the remains of Army Air Forces Sgt. Charles R. Marshall, 19, of Martin, Ky., who had been missing in action since 1944, announced the Pentagon. DOD returned Marshall's remains to his family for burial with full military honors, states the Pentagon's June 3 release. Marshall was a member of the nine-person crew of a B-24H Liberator bomber that was shot down on July 21, 1944, southwest of Munich while on a bombing raid against enemy targets in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, according to the release. Of the crew, six airmen parachuted to safety and a seventh airman's remains were recovered near Hadorf, Germany. Marshall and another crewman remained missing in action. In 2012, a DOD recovery team excavated the suspected crash site after DOD received human remains from a German national and a tip on the suspected crash site several years prior, states the release. The team found additional human remains and aircraft wreckage, including military identification tags bearing Marshall's name. DOD scientists used dental comparisons and mitochondrial DNA testing to help identify Marshall.
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