Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Coral Sea: Lt. Edward Max Price
Lieutenant Edward Max Price, of Princeton and Charleston, was killed on the U.S.S. Lexington in the Battle of the Coral Sea on May 8, 1942. Lieutenant Price was officer in charge of weapons in the after contr...
The remains of a WWII veteran from Flint were returned to Michigan and laid to rest after nearly 80 years.
While fighting against Germany, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Max Thurston was killed in action in November 1944, according to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA). He was 19 years...
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,...
This is a tribute from my uncle Thaddeus Banachowski. I never met you because you passed before I was born but, I heard so much about you from your brother my dad. I was very proud to see your name on the Pearl Harbor memorial. I read the history of your mission that lead to your death near Tu Tu...
I hardly knew you Larry. You were new in-country. You were asking me questions that afternoon about my combat experiences. On that fateful evening of November 16, 1969, I was somehow put on another boat to replace a sick sailor and you happened to get assigned to my boat for the night with Bob Ku...
Im so sorry for what the parents are going through. They are great Americans and raised the best possible human on earth. Im sorry dad and i understand that last hug you spoke of. I lost a daughter. Infantry is 1% of all military and RANGERS are 1% of that. This is how special your son is. Godd...
USS Arizona Whale Boat Team
Standing left to right:
Lawrence J. Griffin, Herbert A. Dreesbach, Marvin A. Hughes, John McRay Baker, Eugene Brickley, Gordon E. Shive, and Burnis L. Bond.
Kneeling left to right:
Francis J. Pedrotti, Robert C. Erskine, Robert W. Dunnam, Donald E...
Uncle Joe's medals.
On April 9, 2008 6:30 am Jacob Fairbanks found at Camp Liberty Iraq with a gunshot wound to the head. On that fateful day Jacob discovered the battery connex shelter had been left open, he notified his COA, and he was sent to guard a connex shelter that had been left open......
Nick was a wonderful young man and is greatly missed by his family.
Purple Heart
God bless you my son and my hero.
you were a good friend and I miss you. Serving with you on active duty was an honor Anthony!
On Sunday, 23 Aug 1942, Wes wrote a letter to his older brother, Earl, in Wisconsin. At this point, Wes had just received his wings and his commission as a 2nd Lt at the end of July, and was still in training waiting to be "shipped out." "Babe" had just turned 19 and had been in Scotland underg...