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Medal of Honor recipient, a chaplain who died in captivity, identified among Korean War remains
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Medal of Honor recipient, a chaplain who died in captivity, identified among Korean War remains
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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, including Blanchard.
Defense POW/ MIA office works tirelessly to bring closure to those killed in combat. The updates:
MIA Update: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced one burial update and five new identifications for service members who have been missing and unaccounted-for from World War II and Korea. Returning home for burial with full military honors are:
Identity of hell ship victims sought - The Washington Post
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The Japanese ship Montevideo Maru, 25 December 1937, at Gatun Lake, Panama Canal. Montevideo Maru was the first of the so-called âhell shipsâ to be sunk by the U.S. Navy, on 1 July 1942 Picture: Naval History and Heritage Command
Plans underway to identify those who died aboard World War II hell ships
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On May 14, 1941, Manila s Pier 7 was teeming with military family members saying goodbye to husbands and fathers and waiting to board the ocean liner that would take them away from the war looming in the Pacific.
Three-year-old Nancy White and her pregnant mother, Chrystal, 31, were saying farewell to her father, Maj. Clarence White, 39, an Army doctor. The chaos on the pier would be the little girl s first childhood memory, and the last time she saw her father.