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For eight decades, Sgt. George Bishop's remains were unidentifiable until DNA linked him to family living in Centralia, Washington.

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced last week that the remains of two World War II soldiers and two Korean War soldiers have been identified.

News from Grant County, New Mexico

Springfield, Ill. – Rosemary Dillon, of Chicago, was about 5 years old when her Uncle Harry, who was serving in the Illinois Army National Guard’s Company B, 192nd Tank Battalion,

A WWII soldier buried as Unknown has been identified 81 years after his death by forensic scientists who used DNA and other methods.

A U.S. Army Private from Illinois, who was captured and lost his life as a prisoner of war during World War II, has officially been accounted for.

The number 82 may be an arbitrary number for most people. But for the family of deceased Army Air Forces Technician Fifth Grade Clifford Harley Strickland, 82 marks the number of years that have passed since his death was reported while serving in World War II in the Philippine Islands. “They were always saddened that […]

On July 28, 1942, U.S. Army Sergeant George Frank Bishop, of Centralia, died at the Imperial Japanese Cabanatuan POW Camp in the Philippines. His body was buried with thousands of others in one of …

On July 28, 1942, U.S. Army Sgt. George Frank Bishop died at the Japanese Cabanatuan POW Camp in the Philippines. Bishop’s body was buried with thousands of others in one of the camp’s mass graves. Bishop’s remains were identified in June 2023, and he is to be buried in Washington state in May.

Clifford Strickland survived the Bataan Death March but later died in a POW camp. Eight decades later, he is returning home.