Three More Coming Home
The DPAA has recently announced the positive identification of three more WWII Marines. Sergeant John Charlton Holladay of Paxville, South Carolina. Sergeant Holladay was a… Read More »Three More Coming Home
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Recovered: Corporal James Dmitri Otto, L/3/8
Welcome home, Corporal Otto.
A Tale Of Two Missing.
Earlier this month, I was lucky enough to attend the Final Muster of the Fourth Marine Division Association. There are few words to describe what… Read More »A Tale Of Two Missing.
“Sandy” Bonnyman Found On Tarawa
Daniel Lipscomb provides this news item from Knoxville, Tennessee. History Flight is reporting the discovery of 1Lt. Alexander “Sandy” Bonnyman Jr., Medal of Honor winner, in a mass… Read More »“Sandy” Bonnyman Found On Tarawa
Reporting For Duty
It has been a bit slow here at MissingMarines these past many months. There are a few old followers who remember what’s up, a few… Read More »Reporting For Duty
IDENTIFIED: Staff Sergeant Richard J. Murphy
Great news from Ted Darcy and the WFI Research Group. Staff Sergeant Richard Murphy, a combat correspondent attached to the 6th Marines, was aboard an… Read More »IDENTIFIED: Staff Sergeant Richard J. Murphy
IDENTIFIED: Jack Marvin Redman
Thanks to the the ever-alert and excellently informative commenter TF, I’m honored to pass along the word that another of Tarawa’s missing Marines is on… Read More »IDENTIFIED: Jack Marvin Redman
A Big Test for the DPAA: The USS Oklahoma Unknowns
This morning, the Pentagon announced plans to exhume 388 unidentified American servicemen buried in mass graves at Hawaii’s Punchbowl cemetery. These sailors and Marines lost… Read More »A Big Test for the DPAA: The USS Oklahoma Unknowns
A Face from December 7
This is Crawford Edward Scott, age twenty, from Kansas City, Missouri. He enlisted in the Marine Corps on October 11, 1940 and, after completing boot… Read More »A Face from December 7
Tarawa: The Map
On November 20, 1943, the Second Marine Division assaulted the tiny island of Betio in the Tarawa atoll. Within a week, Betio and the surrounding… Read More »Tarawa: The Map