Two More Return
DPMO has announced the identification of two US MIAs from Korea.
- PFC Ronald C. Huffman, K Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, was lost on 12 February 1951 during a battle near Saemal, South Korea. He was accounted for on 8 August 2013. He will be buried with full military honors in Princeton, WV. Date of internment is not currently available.
- PFC Herene K. Blevins, U. S. Army, 7th Infantry Division, 31st Regimental Combat Team, was lost on 2 December 1950 near the eastern banks of the Chosin Reservoir, North Korea. He was accounted for on 6 August 2013. He will be buried with full military honors in Hagerstown, MD. Date of internment is not currently available.
Welcome home, my elder brothers-in-arms. Rest now in peace – at home.
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Everybody deserves a proper burial. That’s especially true for those who gave their all in the service of this nation.
Category: No Longer Missing
Hondo, I have tremendous respect for all youse and what you do, but I have to beg to differ with your last statement in the OP. not everyone deserves a “proper” burial. The elder Tsarnaev brother and the circus surrounding his burial comes to mind. That corpse would’ve made great vulture meal, IMVHO.
Welcome home as we recognize 60 years!
Hondo,
Again, My most and sincere thanks to you for posting this info regarding our two MIA Korean brothers that are coming home to rest. Sometime’s I am ashame to even admit that I am a Korean Veteran, but as it remains with the way our KWVA has been showing any interest in our fellow brothers that never made it home, the organization still continues to show very little interest in our Korean MIA/POW’s veterans that their remains are still over in Korea. So Again Hondo, many thanks, and let’s keep our TAH web site going, you guys are the best.
Sam, no thanks necessary. It’s something that needs doing, and I can.
Our elder brothers- and sisters-in-arms who didn’t make it back should be recovered whenever it’s reasonable possible. And they should be remembered.
ExHack: I won’t even begrudge a monster a proper burial. But for folks like Tsarnaev, what’s proper would be a burial at sea, far offshore – preferably without ceremony or embalming, and from about 7,500 AGL.
Ah, the OBL treatment.
It has been a long time. Welcome home, PFC Blevins and PFC Huffman. Rest in peace.
God bless both of these souls, may they rest in the everlasting peace of the Lord.
ExHack: not exactly. UbL was buried at sea with in my mind entirely too much ceremony. IMO, simply heaving the carcass into the ocean from the ship’s fantail was all that was required after ID was confirmed.
But from 7500′ AMSL, the resulting “splat” would IMO be much more satisfying.
Welcome home, Brothers-In-Arms. Have a good R&R at Fiddler’s Green. We’ll all meet each other eventually.
Concur with above sentiments…
Welcome home, from a grateful nation, who never forgot.