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Agency identifies remains of La Porte brothers who died aboard USS Oklahoma The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced it has identified the remains of the Trapp brothers of La Porte who died on the USS Oklahoma in Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Navy Fire Controlman 2nd Class Harold F. Trapp, 24, and Navy Electrician’s Mate 3rd Class William H. Trapp, 23, were identified as part of an ongoing project to identify all of the remains recovered. Their remains were identified on Nove...

Remains IDd of 2 Indiana brothers killed at Pearl Harbor U.S. military personnel spent 80 years trying to identify the brothers and other crewmen who were killed in the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. Credit: Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Author: WTHR.com staff, The Associated Press Published: 1:01 PM EDT May 11, 2021 Updated: 1:06 PM EDT May 11, 2021 INDIANAPOLIS — U.S. military scientists have identified the remains of two Indiana brothers wh...

Pearl Harbor survivor celebrates 100th birthday at a San Antonio restaurant FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 Senior Airman Margaret Mistretta, left, talks with Pearl Harbor veteran Kenneth Platt as he celebrates his 100th birthday with family, including his wife, Lorena Platt, right, and members of his Alamo Honor Flight breakfast group at Jims Restaurant in San Antonio on Wednesday. Looking on are Brian Hoffman, vice director of the 502d Air Base Wing, from left, Airman First Class Jalen Kinkela and ...

  He Tried To Mess With A Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier Guard… The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is one of the most continuously guarded monuments in the world. Patrolled by an elite group of sentinels that are highly trained and in superb physical condition, ready at a moment’s notice to defend the honor of fallen war heroes. So, what makes the Old Guard of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier so feared and respected? And what happens when people push the boundaries and try to mess with one of the...

Blanchard died nearly 80 years ago in the attacks on Pearl Harbor.

By RACHAEL RILEY | The Fayetteville Observer, N.C. | Published: February 17, 2021 FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (Tribune News Service) — On what would have been Sgt. 1st Class William M. Bryants 88th birthday, his family gathered Tuesday at the Fort Bragg building that bears his name to donate his Medal of Honor for a display there. Bryant, a 5th Special Forces Group soldier, was killed March 24, 1969, in Vietnam. He was posthumously awarded the nations highest military decoration on Feb. 16, 1971, o...

Bryant, a 5th Special Forces Group soldier, was killed March 24, 1969, in Vietnam.  He was posthumously awarded the nations highest military decoration on Feb. 16, 1971, on what would have been Bryant’s 37th birthday.  A few years later, in June 1973, the six-story Bryant Hall was named in his honor as part of the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School.  The building was rededicated in a ceremony Tuesday, along with the dedication of a gallery to showcase Bryants photos and M...

  The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Boilermaker 1st Class William E. Blanchard, 24, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Jan. 4, 2021. On Dec. 7, 1941, Blanchard was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The USS Oklahoma sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen...

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Boilermaker 1st Class William E. Blanchard, 24, killed during World War II, was...

These are some of the service members whose names are found on the nation’s largest military installation: Pope Field is named after 1st Lt. Harley H. Pope on April 1, 1919. Pope and his crewman, Sgt. Walter W. Fleming, were killed Jan. 7, 1919, after their plane crashed into the Cape Fear River.  Pike Field is named for Lt. Col. Emory J. Pike, a Medal of Honor recipient who served during World War I.  Butner Road and Butner Primary are named after Maj. Gen. Henry W. Butner, a North Carolin...