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Hundreds died on World War II hell ships . Now there s an effort to identify the dead.
Michael E. Ruane, The Washington Post
Jan. 29, 2021
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1of6The Montevideo Maru is shown in the Panama Canal on Dec. 25, 1937. It was later used by the Japanese military to transport prisoners. It became the first of the hell ships to be sunk by the U.S. Navy, on July 1, 1942, during a torpedo attack from the submarine Sturgeon (SS-187).Naval History and Heritage Command.Show MoreShow Less
2of6Army doctor Clarence White, center back row, was killed aboard a Japanese transport, known as a hellship after he was taken prisoner during World War II. He is shown with other captured medical personnel at a Japanese prison camp near Cabanatuan, in the Philippines before his death Jan. 11, 1945. The Japanese man is the camp doctor.Family Photo.Show MoreShow Less
Remains of WWII sailor from Ohio County identified Navy Fireman 3rd Class Welborn Ashby. (Source: Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency) By 14 News Staff | January 22, 2021 at 11:28 PM CST - Updated January 23 at 12:07 AM
OHIO CO., Ky. (WFIE) - An Ohio County soldier killed during World War II has been accounted for.
According to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Navy Fireman 3rd Class Welborn Ashby of Centertown was accounted for in November 2019. These findings were announced Friday.
We are told Ashby had been considered missing in action.
He was aboard the USS West Virginia during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Ashby was eventually buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Hawaii.
The neoclassical, white marble sarcophagus stands atop a hill overlooking Washington, D.C. Author: Reagan Roy Updated: 2:37 PM CST January 20, 2021
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The neoclassical, white marble sarcophagus stands atop a hill overlooking Washington, D.C. Since 1921, it has provided a final resting place for one of America’s unidentified World War I service members, and Unknowns from later wars were added in 1958 and 1984. The Tomb has also served as a place of mourning and a site for reflection on military service.
Credit: Arlington National Cemetery
Background
Through the ages, one of the consequences of warfare has been large numbers of unidentified dead. Sometimes unidentified remains resulted from poor record keeping, the damage that weapons of war inflicted on bodies, or the haste required to bury the dead and mark gravesites. In the United States prior to the Civil War, unidentified remains were often buried in mass graves. At Ar
Daniel Ken INOUYE, Congress, HI (1924-2012)
Senate Years of Service: 1963-2012
Party: Democrat INOUYE Daniel Ken , a Senator and a Representative from Hawaii; born in Honolulu, Hawaii, September 7, 1924; attended the public schools of Honolulu; during the Second World War volunteered as a private in 1943 and retired after much action as a captain in 1947; belatedly received the Congressional Medal of Honor on June 21, 2000, for heroism in battle during Second World War; graduated, University of Hawaii 1950 and George Washington University Law School 1952; admitted to the bar in 1953 and commenced practice in Honolulu; assistant public prosecutor in Honolulu 1953-1954; majority leader in the Territorial house of representatives 1954-1958; member of the Territorial senate 1958-1959; upon the admission of Hawaii into the Union was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-sixth Congress for the term commencing August 21, 1959; reelected to the Eighty-seventh Congress and served until Ja
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said Tuesday that Navy Fireman 3rd Class William L. Barnett, of Fort Scott, was accounted for on September 14, 2020.