Countdown to Midway: 30 May 1942

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EUROPE: Britain launches its first 1000-plane bomber raid – the target: Cologne, Germany. CHINA-BURMA-INDIA: Myitkyina, Burma is again hit by B-17’s. Again no activity is observed and the attacks are discontinued. HQ 7th Bombardment Group transfers from Karachi to Dum-Dum, India. ALASKA: 77th Bombardment Squadron (Medium), 28th Composite Group, based at Elmendorf Field, Anchorage, Territory…

Naval Aviator Missing In Action From the Vietnam War Identified

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NEWS RELEASES from the United States Department of Defense No. 672-07 IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 30, 2007 The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from the Vietnam War, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military…