Courtesy Gary Koch, historian for the 474th FG, we have the pictures from Lt Packard’s funerl. Recall that he was involved in one of the largest air-to-air engagements in the ETO when 22 P-38s encountered a mixed formation of almost 80 German fighters.
(Ed note: Flightdeck Friday will be a bit delayed this week, should be up by tomorrow. Instead, I wanted to post this tribute to a warrior who has finally found his way home. I witnessed this ceremony at Arlington earlier this week and wondered who was being honored since as of late, I typically see…
Update 19 July 2008 Come to find out a few new bits of information – like the fact that Capt. Mauldin was a graduate of The Citadel (Class of ’44). The tribute to Air Force Capt. William K. Mauldin came 56 years late. But that Friday’s moving funeral service here came at all is a…
Last year, a small group of us spent the better part of the summer and fall writing on the Solomons Campaign. That drawnout slugfest in the southwest Pacific receives little notice beyond Guadalcanal and some discussions regarding Santa Cruz. The purpose of that exercise (here and over at USNI’s blog) was to surface the larger…
In the mail: Seven Missing WWII Airmen Identified The Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that the remains of seven servicemen, missing in action from World War II, have been identified and will be returned to their families for burial with full military honors. Army Capt. Joseph M. Olbinski, Chicago; 1st Lt. Joseph J. Auld,…
As previously reported, the Navy called off the search for the missing fourth crewmember of Bluetail 601, LT Steve Zilberman, USN of Columbus, Ohio declaring him lost at sea and presumed dead.  A memorial service in honor of LT Steve Zilberman, will be held this Thursday, 8 April 2010  at 10:00am at the Naval Station Norfolk base chapel…
(from the DoD press release): The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of two U.S. servicemen, missing in action from the Vietnam War, have been identified and will be returned to their families for burial with full military honors. They are Lt. Col. James H. Ayres, of Pampa, Texas,…
