The grave of a Louisiana soldier killed in the Korean War has deteriorated so badly that his casket is exposed at a Baton Rouge cemetery. Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs Deputy Secretary, Dr. Jerome Buller, visited Private First Class Samuel…
Follow Stars and Stripes Members of the Army’s 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment perform a 21-gun salute at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. (Eric Kayne/Stars and Stripes) By ROSE L. THAYER STARS AND STRIPES Published October 7, 2026 · The Defense POW/MIA…
MOOSE JAW, Sask. — The daughter of Moose Jaw airman Lorne Thomas Pritchard travelled to England this spring to retrace her father’s wartime service, joining a gathering of crew members’ families whose shared records helped inspire a new book. Bonnie Pritchard…
It would take decades, and a small army of investigators, to bring him home. A Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency team completed an archaeological survey of the crash site in 2018, DVIDS reports, and a DPAA partner organization then spent years,…
When the United States entered the war in April 1917, John transferred to the American Air Service and was attached to the Royal Air Force. He shot down four German fighters and chased down three more, forcing them to crash. He…
Hilliard Darby, Dublin Jerome are set for a tight OCC showdown. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — More than 82 years after his plane was shot down during World War II, U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Given Clifford Grooms has finally returned home…
KVOE Brothers Jay and William Moreland have made the first of two final journeys before their final interment in a week. The Moreland brothers, both sergeants in the US Army, were killed in action in World War II when the…
Untold War Stories@UntoldWarFacts·6hAn American pilot spent almost 16 months inside a German POW camp. He found a German Fw 190, climbed inside a fighter he had never flown before and stole it. Then he flew it to freedom. Somehow, that wasn't…
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