Blue Skies
Funeral for Tech. Sgt. Robert J. Fitzgerrell (World War II)
In September 2018, DPAA announced that it had accounted for TSgt. Robert J. Fitzgerrell, US Army. TSgt. Fitzgerrell was lost in Germany on 30 January 1945. TSgt. Fitzgerrell will be buried on Tuesday, 10 September, in Arlington National Cemetery. Regrettably, DPAA does not seem to have posted the specific location for his funeral services. If […]
Funeral for SM3c William J. Shanahan (World War II)
In June, DPAA announced that it had accounted for SM3c William J. Shanahan, US Navy. SM3c Shanahan was lost at Pearl Harbor, HI, on 7 December 1941. SM3c Shanahan will be buried on Tuesday, 3 September, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Regrettably, DPAA does not seem to have posted the specific location for his funeral services […]
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A U-2 Dragon Lady pilot with the 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron drives a high-performance chase car on the runway to catch a U-2 performing a low-flight touch and go at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, March 15. While driving the chase cars, U-2 pilots aid the pilot flying the Dragon Lady by radioing […]
Funerals for FM3c Jasper L. Pue (World War II) and PFC William H. Jones (Korea)
In April, DPAA announced that it had accounted for FM3c Jasper L. Pue, US Navy. FM3c Pue was lost at Pearl Harbor, HI, on 7 December 1941. FM3c Pue will be buried on Sunday, 25 August, in Houston, Texas. Regrettably, DPAA does not seem to have posted the specific location for his funeral services or […]
Another One Passes….
A WASP pilot has passed at the tender age of 103. She was one of many women who volunteered for the Women Airforce Service Pilots during World War II, relieving men to duty to the European and Pacific theaters. From the article: TACOMA, Wash. — Dorothy Eleanor Olsen, a member of a group of civilian […]
Funerals for FM1c Billie J. Johnson and SSgt Wesley R. Kroenung (World War II); and CPL William S. Smith (Korea)
This February, DPAA announced that it had accounted for FM1c Billy J. Johnson, US Navy. FM1c Johnson was lost at Pearl Harbor, HI, on 7 December 1941. FM1c Johnson will be buried on Wednesday, 19 August, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Regrettably, DPAA does not seem to have posted the specific location for his funeral […]
Valor Friday
Mason, Of all the heroes that have graced these pages, the mantle of “ordinary men doing extraordinary things” never fit better. *grin* AW1Ed Mason Everyone who’s served in the Air Force knows of the perpetual screw up “Airman Snuffy”. Snuffy is the foul up who can’t get anything right, forgets to salute officers, and is […]
Funerals for FM1c Rudolph Blitz, MM2c Leo Blitz, S2c Calvin H. Palmer, S2c Wilferd D. Palmer, and Plt Sgt George E. Trotter (World War II); Sgt Meredith F. Keirn (Korea); and Col. Roy A. Knight, Jr. (Vietnam)
This May, DPAA announced that it had accounted for FM1c Rudolph Blitz and MM2c Leo Blitz, US Navy. The brothers were lost at Pearl Harbor, HI, on 7 December 1941. FM1c Blitz and MM2c Blitz will be buried later this week – on Thursday, 8 August 2019 – in Lincoln, Nebraska. Regrettably, DPAA does not […]
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