Danny V- “Going out to pick a fight.” Our American Hero United States Marine Sgt. Daniel Vasselian Hometown: Abington, Massachusetts Known to most as Danny or "V"; brought a light into the world that will never soften. Danny will always be known for his sense of humor, his laugh, kind heart and h...
Harry Francis Sherman, named for his grandfather, was a bright young man who was an average American of the period between the World Wars. Raised, in a large part, by his Irish-American Catholic step-grandmother, Harry would serve as an altar boy at St. Brigid's church in Amherst, Massachusetts.<...
Onawa City Cemetery Onawa, Monona County, Iowa,
My uncle, Vernon Y. Bishow, was a professional tap dancer who enlisted into the Army on 11/29/1940. He was killed in action in France in 1944 and his body was returned home to his family in NJ in 1949. He was 25 years old.
Uncle Vern was very outgoing, loved life and practical j...
Missing World War II Soldiers Identified
Thu, 28 Jul 2011 14:02:00 -0500
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
No. 660-11
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced Monday that the remains 12 U.S. servicemen, missing in action from World War II,...
Airman Missing in Action from WWII Identified
April 13, 2011
IMMEDIATE RELEASE - NOTE 2 Releases - see additional release below.
No.300#-11
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a servi...
Babe's Purple Heart Certificate
Aircraft was on a daylight combat strike mission (weather clear, visibility 20 miles) when it was hit by suspected enemy ground fire. The aircraft was on its 8th run and was rolling in prior to dropping its last two MK-82 bombs. No flak or tracers were observed. No ejections were observed. Suspec...
Missing World War II Soldiers Indentified
Thu, 28 Jul 2011 14:02:00 -0500
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
No. 660-11
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced Monday that the remains 12 U.S. servicemen, missing in action from World War II, have...
Summary of Action
Operation Red Wings
June 28, 2005
On June 28, 2005, deep behind enemy lines east of Asadabad in the Hindu Kush of Afghanistan, a very committed four-man Navy SEAL team was conducting a reconnaissance mission at the unforgiving altitude of approximately 10,00...
Darin and I went to high school together in Murray, Kentucky. I graduated in 1985 and he graduated in 1986. I was watching CBS News when I saw that he had been killed. I simply could not believe it. Even when we were in high school, he was very kind and polite, so that he could be taken by violen...
47 years, and I still miss you.
Approximately one hour after midnight on April 4, 1952, a B-26 Invader (tail number 44-34300A, call sign Pintail 26) departed Kunsan Air Base, Korea, with a crew of three aviators. The briefed mission was a night intruder operation targeting main supply routes between Sinanju and the Yalu River (...
SPC Joseph Miracle was born 06 November 1984 in Ortonville, Michigan. He enlisted in the US Army on 18 April 2006.
During his time in Service he completed Basic Infantry Training, Advanced Individual Training, and Airborne School at Fort Benning, Georgia. SPC Miracle then joined the ra...