Korean War MIA To Be Buried In Arlington Tomorrow
A previous article announced the identification of PFC James R. Holmes remains. He was lost in Korea in December 1950, and was identified in January of this year.
PFC Holmes will be buried tomorrow in Arlington National Cemetery. If you’re in the DC area and have some free time, I can certainly think of worse ways to spend an hour or two than welcoming home a MIA from Korea.
Rest in peace, PFC Holmes.
Category: Blue Skies, No Longer Missing
Welcome home and RIP, PFC. Holmes.
Welcome home soldier. Thank you for serving and giving your all. God bless your family now.
From a grateful nation that never forgets…
I am always hopeful when these men are ID’ed and their names appear here that I will find something about each on the web to—I don’t know—get to know them a little bit. When I saw that James R. Holmes was all of 18 when he joined the Fallen in Korea, I wondered a great many things about him. Thanks to a story about him and his family that was published last week, I got some answers. Please read about Jim and his family. His siblings are traveling from as far away as California to lay him to rest tomorrow. Their love for him has not waned in the six decades since he left here for Korea.
Welcome home, Jim.
http://www.vindy.com/news/2014/may/23/korean-war-army-vets-family-at-peace-at-/
Just thought I’d get this back on the pick-list. The link at the bottom of the comment immediately above will provide some inspirational reading about Jim Holmes and his family. You won’t regret reading it. It is allergy season, though.
Saw Chosin on memorial day.
Jaw was basically on the floor the whole time.
RIP brothers.