Soldiers from the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) and the U.S. Army Band, “Pershing’s Own”, conduct military funeral honors with funeral escort for U.S. Army Air Forces Sgt. Irving Newman in Section 4 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Apr. 11, 2024. From a news release from Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA): In May 1943, Newman was assigned to the 343d Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 98th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 9th Air Force, in the European Theater. On May 6, Newman along with the other nine crew members of a B-24D Liberator were participating in a bombing mission of Reggio di Calabria harbor, in Sicily. While heading to the target, their plane began experiencing engine trouble forcing the pilots to make a course correction away from the main bomber group, directly into enemy anti-aircraft fire. During an emergency landing the plane caught fire and crashed into the water near Benghajsa Point, Malta, injuring at least five crew members. Nine airmen survived the incident, but Newman was not able to be rescued and his remains were not recovered following the war. Following the war, the American Graves Registration Command (AGRC), Army Quartermaster Corps, was the organization tasked with recovering missing American personnel in the European Theater. In 1949, a board of officers reviewed the AGRS field investigations for 82 personnel missing from the Mediterranean area, including Newman. The board recommended the individuals be designated non-recoverable. The Identification Branch of the Office of the Quartermaster General approved the recommendation on September 6, 1949. In recent years, the University of Malta and a private company located the wreckage of a B-24D near Benghajsa Point, Malta, at a depth of 180 feet. Beginning in 2018, a partner organization supported by DPAA archaeology recovered material evidence, life support equipment, and suspected human remains from this crash site. To identify Newman’s rem
Army Air Forces sergeant, killed during WWII, buried with full military honors at Arlington Cemetery

The remains of U.S. Army Air Forces Sgt. Irving R. Newman, killed in action in 1943, were buried with full military honors Thursday at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.

An artifact resembling an aircraft fuselage washed up at Cape Cod, and historians say it is linked to military training during the 1940s and 1950s.
Mystery object found on Cape Cod beach linked to once top-secret program, park says

A puzzling object resembling an aircraft fuselage washed up on a Cape Cod beach, and historians say closer inspection has revealed it’s an artifact linked to military training during the Cold War.

Guests attend the dedication ceremony for the Ramadi Memorial Plaque in Park Semper Fi in San Clemente, Calif., on Saturday, April 6, 2024. The plaque is dedicated to the 33 Marines and one sailor who were killed in the Battle of Ramadi in 2004.
Battle of Ramadi fallen remembered at San Clemente’s Park Semper Fi on 20th anniversary

Veterans of Camp Pendleton’s 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines gathered over the weekend at Park Semper Fi in San Clemente to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Battle of Ramadi and remember 33 fallen troops.

Arab Jabour district, Iraq, Jul. 5, 2007: Pvt. Erik Stroehlein, 22, Bennington, Vt., holds a light for Capt. Eric Melloh, 30, of Huntsville, Texas, during the search of the home of a man suspected of helping insurgents direct mortar fire at Forward Operating Base Murray in Iraq’s Arab Jabour district southeast of Baghdad. Both men are from Company A, 1-30th Infantry, 3rd Infantry Division based at FOB Murray. See more photos and read the story here. https://www.stripes.com/migration/stopping-insurgents-before-they-hit-baghdad-1.migrated META TAGS: Operation Iraqi Freedom, War on Terror, U.S. Army, Company A, 1-30th Infantry, 3rd Infantry Division
Search in Iraq, 2007

Arab Jabour district, Iraq, July 5, 2007: Pvt. Erik Stroehlein, 22, of Bennington, Vt., holds a light for Capt. Eric Melloh, 30, of Huntsville, Texas, during the search of the home of a man suspected of helping insurgents direct mortar fire at Forward Operating Base Murray southeast of Baghdad.

32nd Wreaths Across America Day in Section 33 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Dec. 16, 2023. On this day, more than 30,000 volunteers placed approximately 260,000 wreaths at every gravesite and niche column at Arlington National Cemetery. (U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser / Arlington National Cemetery / released)
WWII soldier killed in bombing mission in 1943 to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery

The remains of U.S. Army Air Forces Sgt. Irving R. Newman, killed in action in 1943, will be interred Thursday at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.

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Burial set for WWII Army sergeant who died after Bataan Death March

On July 28, 1942, U.S. Army Sgt. George Frank Bishop died at the Japanese Cabanatuan POW Camp in the Philippines. Bishop’s body was buried with thousands of others in one of the camp’s mass graves. Bishop’s remains were identified in June 2023, and he is to be buried in Washington state in May.

U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Ferrier H. White, a Tuskegee Airman took off on April 5, 1945 from Ramitelli Air Base, Italy, in a P-51C Mustang. While flying over the Adriatic Sea, White’s aircraft went down into the water. His remains have not been recovered or identified.
Tuskegee Airman 2nd Lt. Ferrier White gets street named in his honor in Ohio

Elyria native and 2nd Lt. Ferrier White, a Tuskegee Airman who lost his life during World War II, was honored April 5 with a street sign at the corner of South Maple Street and Oberlin Road in Elyria, exactly 79 years after this death.

Army Ranger receives Silver Star for aiding fellow troops during battle made famous in ‘Black Hawk Down’

Retired Army Maj. Larry Moores has received the Silver Star Medal for valor in combat more than 30 years after his actions in the infamous 1993 Battle of Mogadishu in Somalia — the battle made famous by the 2001 film “Black Hawk Down.”

The U.S. Coast Guard commissioned CGC Melvin Bell at the Coast Guard Academy, Mar. 28, 2024. The cutter is named after ETCM Melvin Kealoha Bell, who distinguished himself during World War II by transmitting the first warning messages to military installations on the morning of the Pearl Harbor attack. (U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 3rd Class Matt Thieme)
Coast Guard Cutter named after renowned veteran Melvin Bell

Melvin Kealoha Bell, who served as the first person of color to achieve the rank of Master Chief in the combined sea services, was honored at the Coast Guard Academy at the ship’s commissioning on March 28.

U.S. Army Sgt. John O. Herrick was just 19 when he was killed on June 6, 1944.
Home at last: Sgt. John O. Herrick, lost on D-Day, to return home to Kansas after 80 years

U.S. Army Sgt. John O. Herrick, who was just 19 when he was killed on June 6, 1944, is coming home to Emporia, Kan.