Under two previous Executive administrations and wars from, father and son. With son and conservative congresses leading the extremely quick abandoning of the missions and those sent to accomplish after 9/11:
PBS Need to Know: Nursing wounded veteransJune 22, 2012 - This week's Need to Know examines how long-term care for veterans wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan is placing a growing strain on America's health care providers. Scott Simon hosts.
Watch Need to Know, Fri., June 22, 2012: Nursing wounded veterans on PBS. See more from Need To Know.
December 20 2011 - Ceremony to Retire Iraq Mission Colors on U.S. Soil
The last Soldiers to die in service in OIF-OND at official end to the war and occupation in Iraq
Spc.David Emanuel Hickman 23 Greensboro, North Carolina, USA Company B, 2nd Battalion, 325th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Died of injuries suffered when his patrol was attacked with a roadside bomb in the Kadhimiya neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, on November 14, 2011
1st Lt.Dustin Dale Vincent 25 Mesquite, Texas, USA Battery A, 1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Died of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with small-arms fire in Kirkuk province, Iraq, on November 3, 2011
Though many still haven't come home from our previous wars, Iraq is Really Now Officially Over,All are out!!
There have been 4,804 coalition deaths
4,488 Americans
2 Australians, 1 Azerbaijani, 179 Britons, 13 Bulgarians, 1 Czech, 7 Danes, 2 Dutch, 2 Estonians, 1 Fijian, 5 Georgians, 1 Hungarian, 33 Italians, 1 Kazakh, 1 South Korean, 3 Latvian, 22 Poles, 3 Romanians, 5 Salvadoran, 4 Slovaks, 11 Spaniards, 2 Thai and 18 Ukrainians -- in the war in Iraq as of January 2, 2012, according to a CNN and iCasulties count.
Graphical breakdown of casualties. At least 32,224 U.S. troops had been wounded in action, according to the Pentagon.
View casualties in the war in Afghanistan
POW/MIA: Afghanistan & Iraq
One U.S. soldier is currently listed as captured or Duty Status -- Whereabouts Unknown as of March 3 2012. The information below reflects the name as Prisoner of War or Duty Status -- Whereabouts Unknown by the Pentagon.
Sgt Bowe R. Bergdahl 23 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Ketchum, Idaho Captured in Paktika province in Afghanistan, on June 30, 2009. The Pentagon declared him Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown on July 1 and his status was changed to Missing-Captured on July 3.
Memorial at the New JPED facility at Dover Air Force Base, Del..OEF: Afghanistan - Pakistan!!
There have been 3,071 coalition deaths -- 2,028 Americans, 33 Australians, 422 Britons, 1 Belgian, 158 Canadians, 5 Czech, 42 Denmark, 25 Netherlands, 9 Estonians, 2 Finn, 86 French, 53 Germans, 7 Hungarian, 47 Italians, 2 Jordan, 3 Latvian, 1 Lithuanian, 10 Norwegians, 35 Poles, 2 Portuguese, 19 Romanians, 1 South Korean, 34 Spaniards, 5 Swedes, 14 Turks, 6 New Zealand, 10 Georgian and 14 NATO/ISAF -- in the war on terror as of July 3, 2012, according to a CNN and iCasulties count. Below are the names of the soldiers, Marines, airmen and sailors whose deaths have been reported by their country's governments. The troops died in support of the U.S.-led Operation Enduring Freedom or were part of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan. At least 16,526 {16,144 up to July 3, 2012} U.S. personnel have been wounded in action, according to the Pentagon. In addition to the military deaths, 11 U.S. intelligence operatives have died in Afghanistan.
Sgt.James L. Skalberg Jr. 25 Cullman, Alabama, USA 4th Battalion, 1st Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division One of two soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their vehicle in Maidan Shahr, Wardak province, Afghanistan, on June 27, 2012
1st Lt.Stephen C. Prasnicki 24 Lexington, Virginia, USA Battery B, 4th Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team One of two soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their vehicle in Maidan Shahr, Wardak province, Afghanistan, on June 27, 2012
Staff Sgt.Matthew John Leach 29 Ferndale, Michigan, USA 1st Battalion, 334th Regiment, 1st Brigade, 104th Training Division, Army Reserve Died after he was found unresponsive in his living quarters at Kandahar Airfield in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on June 26, 2012
Cpl.Manuele Braj 30 Galatina, Italy 13° Reggimento, Carabinieri (13th Regiment, Military Police) Died in an explosion at a military training center in Adraskan, Herat province, Afghanistan, on June 25, 2012
Command Sgt. Maj.Juan Manuel Medina Alvarez 54 Jerez de la Frontera, Cadiz, Spain Assigned to ASPFOR XXX (30th Afghanistan Spanish Force) Died of natural causes after collapsing at a provincial support base in Qalah-ye Now, Badghis province, Afghanistan, on June 24, 2012
Lance Cpl.Hunter D. Hogan 21 Norman, Indiana, USA 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on June 23, 2012
Lance Cpl.Niall W. Cotisears 23 Arlington, Virginia, USA 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on June 23, 2012
Lance Cpl.Eugene C. Mills III 21 Laurel, Maryland, USA 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on June 22, 2012
Pfc.Steven P. Stevens II 23 Tallahassee, Florida, USA 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on June 22, 2012
Maj.Paul C. Voelke 36 Monroe, New York, USA 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Died as a result of a non-battle related injury in Mazar-e Sharif, Afghanistan, on June 22, 2012
Sgt. 1st ClassMatthew Bradford Thomas 30 Travelers Rest, South Carolina, USA 133rd Military Police Company, 51st Military Police Battalion, South Carolina Army National Guard One of three soldiers killed when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device at a military checkpoint in Khost, Afghanistan, on June 20, 2012
Spc.John David Meador II 36 Columbia, South Carolina, USA 133rd Military Police Company, 51st Military Police Battalion, South Carolina Army National Guard One of three soldiers killed when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device at a military checkpoint in Khost, Afghanistan, on June 20, 2012
1st Lt.Ryan Davis Rawl 30 Lexington, South Carolina, USA 133rd Military Police Company, 51st Military Police Battalion, South Carolina Army National Guard One of three soldiers killed when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device at a military checkpoint in Khost, Afghanistan, on June 20, 2012
Sgt.Jose Rodriguez 22 Gustine, California, USA 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division Died of wounds suffered from enemy small-arms fire in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on June 19, 2012
Pfc.Jarrod Allen Lallier 20 Spokane, Washington, USA Company B, 1st Battalion, 508th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Killed when three individuals in Afghan police uniforms turned their weapons against his unit in the Zhari district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on June 18, 2012
Staff Sgt.Nicholas Charles Fredsti 30 San Diego, California, USA Company D, 1st Battalion, 504th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Died when insurgents attacked his unit with small-arms fire in Spedar, Ghazni province, Afghanistan, on June 15, 2012
Cpl.Alexander Guy 37 St Neots, Cambridgeshire, England Company D, 1st Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment Guy was fatally wounded as he was leading his section forward to assist a group of Afghan soldiers after a joint British-Afghan patrol was ambushed in the Nad-e Ali district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, on June 15, 2012
Sgt.Joseph Michael Lilly 25 Flint, Michigan, USA 18th Engineer Company, 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division Died on June 14, 2012, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with a roadside bomb in the Panjwayi district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on June 12, 2012. Another soldier also was killed in the attack.
Cpl.Taylor John Baune 21 Andover, Minnesota, USA 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on June 13, 2012
Lance Cpl.James Ashworth 23 Kettering, England Reconnaissance Platoon, 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards Killed when his patrol was attacked in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, on June 13, 2012
Sgt. 1st ClassBarett Wambli McNabb 33 Chino Valley, Arizona, USA 562nd Engineer Company, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division Died of wounds suffered when he was attacked with a roadside bomb in Khakrez, Afghanistan, on June 12, 2012
Spc.Trevor Adam Pinnick 20 Lawrenceville, Illinois, USA 18th Engineer Company, 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division One of two soldiers killed when insurgents attacked their unit with a roadside bomb in the Panjwayi district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on June 12, 2012
Cpl.Bryant Jordan Luxmore 25 New Windsor, Illinois, USA Company B, 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Killed when his unit was attacked by enemy small-arms fire during a dismounted patrol in the Panjwayi district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on June 10, 2012
Sgt. Maj.Thierry Serrat 46 Lyon, France Groupement Interarmées des Actions Civilo-Militaires (Joint Civil-Military Operations Group) One of four French soldiers killed along with an Afghan interpreter when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device after the soldiers had dismounted from their armored vehicles to talk to the local population during an operation north of Nijrab in Kapisa province, Afghanistan, on June 9, 2012
Sgt.Pierre-Olivier Lumineau 27 Saint-Gély-du-Fesc, France Batterie de Renseignement de Brigade No. 2, 40e Regiment d'Artillerie (No. 2 Brigade Intelligence Battery, 40th Artillery Regiment) One of four French soldiers killed along with an Afghan interpreter when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device after the soldiers had dismounted from their armored vehicles to talk to the local population during an operation north of Nijrab in Kapisa province, Afghanistan, on June 9, 2012
Staff Sgt.Stephane Prudhom 32 Coulogne, France 40e Regiment d'Artillerie (40th Artillery Regiment) One of four French soldiers killed along with an Afghan interpreter when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device after the soldiers had dismounted from their armored vehicles to talk to the local population during an operation north of Nijrab in Kapisa province, Afghanistan, on June 9, 2012
Pfc.Nathan Tyler Davis 20 Yucaipa, California, USA Company C, 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment, 4th Airborne Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Died of injuries suffered when his vehicle was attacked with an enemy roadside bomb in Tore Obeh, Khost province, Afghanistan, on June 9, 2012
Pfc.Yoann Marcillan 24 Luzillat, France 40e Regiment d'Artillerie (40th Artillery Regiment) One of four French soldiers killed along with an Afghan interpreter when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device after the soldiers had dismounted from their armored vehicles to talk to the local population during an operation north of Nijrab in Kapisa province, Afghanistan, on June 9, 2012
Cpl.Anthony Ramon Servin 22 Moreno Valley, California, USA 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force Died as a result of a non-battle related injury while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on June 8, 2012
Master Chief Petty OfficerRichard James Kessler Jr. 47 Gulfport, Florida, USA Assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise as a logistics specialist Kessler was found deceased in his berthing compartment on board the USS Enterprise near the Strait of Hormuz on June 8, 2012
Pfc.Brandon Dwayne Goodine 20 Luthersville, Georgia, USA B Troop, 4th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Died of wounds sustained when enemy forces attacked his unit with a roadside bomb in Maiwand, Afghanistan, on June 7, 2012
1st Lt.Mathew G. Fazzari 25 Walla Walla, Washington, USA F Troop, 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division One of two soldiers killed when their OH-58D Kiowa Warrior reconnaissance helicopter was shot down by insurgents in Qara Bagh, Afghanistan, on June 6, 2012
Capt.Scott Patrick Pace 39 Brawley, California, USA F Troop, 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division One of two soldiers killed when their OH-58D Kiowa Warrior reconnaissance helicopter was shot down by insurgents in Qara Bagh, Afghanistan, on June 6, 2012
Pfc.Vincent James Ellis 22 Tokyo, Japan C Troop, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Airborne Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Died on June 4, 2012, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany, where he was being treated for wounds sustained when insurgents attacked Forward Operating Base Salerno with a truck bomb and small-arms fire in Khost province, Afghanistan on June 1, 2012
Pvt.Gregg Thomas Stone 21 Hull, Yorkshire, England Company B, 3rd Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment Killed when his unit was attacked during an operation to apprehend a group of insurgents who had abducted a member of the Afghan police in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, on June 3, 2012
Spc.Gerardo Campos 23 Miami, Florida, USA Company B, 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division Died when enemy forces attacked his unit with small-arms fire in Maiwand, Afghanistan, on June 2, 2012
Cpl.Michael John Thacker 27 Swindon, England Fire Support Company, 1st Battalion, The Royal Welsh Killed when he was struck by small-arms fire during an insurgent attack on an observation post in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, on June 1, 2012
"You walk into one of our rooms where ... decisions are being made about disabilities for veterans (and) see individuals sitting at a desk with stacks of paper that go up halfway to the ceiling. And as they finish one pile, another pile comes in," - U.S.V.A. Secretary Gen. Eric Shinseki, Feb. 10, 2009
"And so what I've been trying to do and what Mrs. Biden and Mrs. Obama and the chairman and his wife - all these folks, are trying to do is to - is to try and get that other 99 percent to - they all say they support the troops, but it's not just enough to say it." - Defense Secretary Robert Gates - 23 June 2011 - PBS News Hour
He found one of his biggest battles was connecting with Americans on the home front. "I was struck at how little they really did understand about what we've been through," Adm. Mike Mullen (retired) October 2, 2011 CBS Sunday Morning
Now a decade and counting added to the previous decades of under funding the VA, while the peoples reps Still try and lay blame on the Agency, after rubber stamping wars and costs of and those represented cheer on these wars! While the wealthy and other investors garner their booty, still from both, and many have the chutz·pa to call themselves more patriotic{?} then others wrapped in those false flags, using false slogans and various cheap symbols of!
The new 'magnetic ribbons', the 'parades' and 'welcome home celebrations', with no demand for sacrifice get same results, but 'parades' only last a few hours on one day! Think 'Desert Storm' and 'Gulf War Syndrome', Ignored till the last couple of years, finally, after the 'Parades'! Have the 'Welcome Home Parades' but at each the one word that should be spoke and on the minds of All, 'Sacrifice', Demand It!
26 June 2012 - INSPIRATIONAL war hero Ben Parkinson was mobbed by a crowd of thousands as he walked tall today on his bionic prosthetic legs to carry the Olympic Torch, writes Graham Walker.
Ben, the British paratrooper who lost both his legs in a Taliban blast in Afghanistan, is one of the most seriously wounded soldiers to survive the war in Afghanistan.
But he was determined to step out of his wheelchair and walk the 300 meters to carry the flame in his home town of Doncaster.
Emotional well-wishers, scores deep, turned out to cheer him on including 50 of his comrades from Seven Para Royal Horse Artillery, in what was a tear-jerking golden moment of the flame relay.
Police escorts said they had not seen anything quite like it, anywhere else in the country. read more>>>
VA is seeking to extend the date to Dec. 31, 2018 for medically unexplained chronic multisymptom illnesses and undiagnosed illness to have appeared in Gulf War Veterans. Medically unexplained chronic symptoms include fatigue, headaches, joint pain, insomnia, gastrointestinal problems, and respiratory disorders: Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses: Medically Unexplained Chronic Multisymptom Illnesses.
Series Includes Army Women's Hall of Fame Inductees -- Army Women Who Served in Vietnam
WASHINGTON, June 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Army Women's Foundation announced the June 4th launch of a podcast series to help servicewomen and veterans returning home from deployment with real advice from leaders and veterans. The podcasts will be available starting at 12:00 a.m. EDT for free viewing and download from Podcast - AWFDN. A schedule of podcasts is below.
Monday, June 4: Symposium Panel One, "Beyond the Battlefield: Coming Home"Tuesday, June 5: Symposium Panel Two, "Beyond the Battlefield: Back to Work" and The State of Women Veterans Today by LTG Horoho
Wednesday, June 6: Hall of Fame Luncheon Part I and a Tribute Speech by MG Janet Cobb
Thursday, June 7: Hall of Fame Luncheon Part II and Inductee Remarks
Friday, June 8: Booz Allen Hamilton Networking Session and Additional Awards
During March, military leaders, government officials, academics, and corporate and non-profit leaders assembled in Washington, D.C. with one question: how do we use our collective knowledge and resources to help servicewomen successfully transition back into their homes, jobs, and communities? This question was the focus of Foundation's 4th Annual Army Women in Transition Symposium & Hall of Fame Luncheon. read more>>>
Recording Casualties: Victims of Armed Conflict Worldwide
This programme draws on the principles of human security to develop and enhance the technical and institutional capacity, identify and consolidate the legal requirements, and build the political will to record details of every single victim of armed conflict worldwide. The programme incorporates research into emerging good practice and existing legal frameworks, the development and promotion of clearer legal and more effective regulatory instruments, and the creation and support of advocacy networks. visit site for updated reports
Every Casualty.org: New Org Website Launched On Casualty Recording The one-stop source for information on conflict's casualties worldwide and the organisations that record them
Exact Count of Civilian Casualties may never be known, as is the case in every conflict, especially an Invasion by another Country. For it is the Innocent Civilians and those Defending their Countries,of which All would be counted if this country, the U.S., were ever invaded, who suffer the most, during and long after!
The Rand Corporation Terrorism Report the press release here, you can get the full document here or a summary of the research brief here
97 percent {now more} of U.S. deaths in Iraq have occurred after George W. Bush declared an end to "major combat."
May 1, 2003 - "Mission Accomplished!" After leaving the Main Mission in Afghanistan, as to 9/11, to invade and occupy Iraq, which created the rise in the regional insurgents fighting in Afghanistan since!
"How anyone can say that torture keeps Americans safe is beyond me -- unless you don't count American soldiers as Americans." How to Break a Terrorist: The U.S. Interrogators Who Used Brains, Not Brutality, to Take Down the Deadliest Man in Iraq Matthew Alexander who is writing under a pseudonym for security reasons
"Torture is the tool of the lazy, the stupid, and the pseudo-tough. It's also perhaps the greatest recruiting tool that the terrorists have." Major General Paul Eaton
06/20/2012 - A video news magazine designed to inform veterans, their families and their communities about the services and benefits they have earned through their service to America.
Jun 24, 2012 - Few people know their story.Unlike the Army's Triple Nickels and the Army Air Corps' Tuskegee Airmen, the history of the groundbreakers who went through Montford Point has been largely overlooked.
Fayetteville's James Robert Simpson was among the roughly 20,000 Marines who lived it, training on a small, swampy peninsula jutting into the New River on the North Carolina coast. The World War II veteran, the eldest son of a farming couple from rural Cumberland County, was a "Point man" - one of the first blacks to serve in the Marine Corps.
"I'm proud of that," Simpson said. "To be a part of history, for sure."
At 88 and in poor health, he plans to fly to Washington this week to attend two ceremonies paying tribute to the fighting men known as the Montford Point Marines. These veterans will receive the nation's highest civilian honor, the Congressional Gold Medal.
About 400 of the estimated 420 living Montford Point veterans are expected to attend. In addition to Simpson, five men from Fayetteville are expected to make the trip: Robert Burns Sr., Cosmas Eaglin Sr., Linwood Haith, David Montgomery and Joseph Stinchcomb, said Capt. Kendra Motz, a spokeswoman for the Marine Corps.
"It's most of them, which is awesome," Motz said. read more>>>>
June 27, 2012 - Today Congress took a step to right an injustice.
They awarded the Congressional Gold Medal -- the highest civilian honor -- to the Montford Point Marines, the first African-Americans to serve in the corps. Their sacrifices were long overlooked.
Hundreds of surviving members attended the ceremony. Ninety-year-old James "Rudy" Carter, born in North Carolina, was just 19 years old when he enlisted.
"I always hated segregation and Jim Crow from birth because it was morally wrong and I just hated it," Carter said.
He said he joined the Marine Corps. "because this would give me the chance to become an American - a full-fledged citizen."
In 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt ordered the Marines to accept African Americans. For the next eight years they served in black-only units -- commanded by white officers -- and they trained on a segregated base in a Jacksonville, North Carolina called Montford Point. read more>>>
Airmen Missing from Vietnam War Identified
June 14, 2012 - The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of two servicemen, missing in action from the Vietnam War, have been identified and are being returned to their families for burial with full military honors.
Air Force Lt. Col. Charles M. Walling of Phoenix will be buried June 15 at Arlington National Cemetery. There will be a group burial honoring Walling and fellow crew member, Maj. Aado Kommendant of Lakewood, N.J., at Arlington National Cemetery, on Aug. 8 -- the 46th anniversary of the crash that took their lives.. read more>>>
June 19, 2012 - The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that the remains of a serviceman, missing in action from the Korean War, were identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
Army Cpl. Robert I. Wax of Detroit will be buried June 20 at Arlington National Cemetery. In August 1950, Wax and Battery A, 555th Field Artillery Battalion, were fighting against North Korean forces in a battle known as the “Bloody Gulch,” near Pongam-ni, South Korea. After the battle, on Aug. 11, 1950, Wax was listed as missing in action. read more>>>
June 20 2012 - The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a serviceman, missing in action from the Vietnam War, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
Air Force Capt. Clyde W. Campbell of Longview, Texas, will be buried June 21 at Arlington National Cemetery. On March 1, 1969, Campbell was a pilot aboard an A-1J Skyraider aircraft that crashed while carrying out a close air-support mission in Houaphan Province, Laos. American forward air controllers directing the mission in the area reported hearing an explosion that they believed to be Campbell’s bombs, but later learned Campbell’s aircraft had crashed. No parachutes were seen in the area. read more>>>
June 25, 2012 - The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a serviceman, missing in action from World War II, have been identified and returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Emil T. Wasilewski of Chicago will be buried on June 26 at Arlington National Cemetery. On Sept. 13, 1944, Wasilewski and eight other crew members were on a B-17G Flying Fortress that crashed near Neustaedt-on-the-Werra, Germany. Only one of the crewmen is known to have successfully parachuted out of the aircraft before it crashed. The remaining eight crewmen were buried by German forces in a cemetery in Neustaedt. read more>>>
HONORING THE FALLEN: US Military and Coalition Forces Killed in Action, Iraq & Afghanistan/Pakistan from 2001 to September 2012 - My Honor Rolls, and more, to Share
National World War II Memorial
National Korean War Memorial
National Vietnam Veterans Memorial - "The Wall"
The Vietnam Women’s Memorial
Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemeteries
Arlington National Cemetery
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