COMING HOME

[BIGNASTY]

Coming Home is important

https://fox59.com/2019/06/06/remains-of-wwii-veteran-return-home-to-indianapolis/

https://www.indystar.com/story/news...-jensen-bardach-returning-indiana/3842762002/

 

[GCroyle]

Big,

No doubt about it and glad the families really appreciate their loved ones return. They just showed a funeral for a Veteran w/o a family. His obit stated no family. Well, he had a family of hundreds of strangers show up for his service.

I had the opportunity to get this hat and pin for our daughters FIL and deliver it to her this AM. He's been in and out of the hospital.

Gary

 

[DavidC]

This has some almost unbelievable statistics.

Remains of WWII airman who died in POW camp to be interred in Michigan
By: The Associated Press   1 day ago
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U.S. Army Air Forces Cpl. Walter J. Kellett (DPAA)
IRONWOOD, Mich. — Military scientists have identified the remains of a U.S. Army airman who died in a prison camp in the Philippines during World War II, and they will be interred this weekend in his Michigan hometown.

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting announced Monday that new technologies helped the Army identify the remains of U.S. Army Air Forces Cpl. Walter Kellett of Ironwood in July. Scientists identified his remains using dental and anthropological analysis as well as circumstantial and material evidence.

A memorial service for Kellett will be held Saturday at the McKevitt-Patrick Funeral Home in Ironwood, followed by interment with military honors at Riverside Cemetery.

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Remains of three missing World War II airmen recovered, half a world apart
The remains of three World War II airmen who served in the Army Air Forces have been recovered.

By: Kent Miller
Kellett joined the Army in 1940 and was assigned to the Army Air Corps in the Philippines as a member of the 17th Pursuit Squadron, 24th Pursuit Group. He was captured by Japanese forces in 1942 and was among some 76,000 U.S. and Filipino soldiers who were forced to join the grueling Bataan death march across the self-named peninsula, according to Kellett’s obituary. He marched about 65 miles (105 kilometers) over six days.

Eventually he was imprisoned at the Cabanatuan POW camp. Camp records indicate Kellett died July 19, 1942, at age 22. Authorities believe he died from malaria and dysentery.

After the war, his body was recovered and transported to Manila American Cemetery where he was buried as “unknown” remains. His remains were identified in July, Defense POW/MIA Accounting said.

His name is listed on the Walls of the Missing at the cemetery in the Philippines, which is an American Battle Monuments Commission site. A rosette will be placed next to his name to signify that his remains have been identified.

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The agency is dedicated to recovering the remains of missing personnel who were Prisoners of War or Missing in Action. There are currently 72,657 soldiers still unaccounted for from WWII.

 

[BIGNASTY]

I have no doubt that some will never be found or recovered, they were there one second, an exposition and there were gone the next. But we need to Honor those that are found. JMO

 

[DavidC]

I personally honor everyone that has served. The one's that gave it all get the special honors and remembrances.

 

[mfurrh55]

I personally honor everyone that has served. The one's that gave it all get the special honors and remembrances.

AMEN BRO. My son is one

 

[Tractorat]

Huh.....It looks like he died just a couple of days before I got there.