Melvin Meyer News Today

America’s flag still stands strong, firm and beautiful, audience members in Fairmount, North Dakota, were reminded Saturday, Nov. 11.

The Milton C. Stevenson Post No. 106’s Veterans Day program, presented Saturday, Nov. 11, at the Fairmount Community Center in Fairmount, North Dakota, was a well-attended event.

Nearly eight decades ago. a Missouri man joined the crew of a B-17 Flying Fortress as it soared into Germany to attack a factory. The plane crashed. Four men died and disappeared. A family finally has answers.

Nearly eight decades ago, a B-17 Flying Fortress soared into Germany to attack a factory. The plane, Yankee Doodle Dandy, crashed.

Relatives of Melvin Meyer have been holding out hope for decades they could find the answers they had been looking for. They heard stories their loved one was a war hero, but were never able to hold a memorial service.

First Lt. Melvin Meyer was killed when the B-17G Flying Fortress Bomber he was on was shot down near Leipzig, Germany.

Crew members of the USS Oklahoma and aircraft shot down during World War II were among 17 service members recently accounted for by the Defense Department agency tasked with recovering troops listed as missing in action or prisoners of war.

Crew members of the USS Oklahoma and aircraft shot down during World War II were among 17 service members recently accounted for by the Defense Department agency tasked with recovering troops listed as missing in action or prisoners of war.

Fourteen of the identifications made in September by the Hawaii-based Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency were killed during WWII. The others fought in Korea, according to DPAA news releases.