History Flight in the News
Identifications Seen in the News
- https://fredericksburg.com/news/local/fredericksburg-based-mia-recovery-team-continues-search-for-missing-tarawa-servicemen/article_408611d0-55ca-5d6b-b583-c0ba8085e9db.html
- https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/history/remains-from-wwii-battle-of-tarawa-found/65-66b690b1-74b5-40be-9e98-21c1cc2a7155
- http://www.wboc.com/clip/15086984/seaford-airman-killed-in-wwii-identified-coming-home-76-years-later
- https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/1908407/us-servicemen-killed-during-battle-of-tarawa-to-be-returned-to-united-states/
- https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/07/18/remains-22-troops-killed-76-years-ago-battle-tarawa-return-us.html
- https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2019/07/19/us-military-brings-back-remains-from-world-war-ii-battle/
- https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/virginia-teacher-hopes-relatives-remains-are-among-wwii-south-pacific-discovery/65-80f061ad-b0ef-4ecb-b55f-c07a84163c78
Below are recent documentary films about History Flight recoveries:
1st Lt. Burleigh E. Curtis – Briouze, France
Sgt. Vernon L. Hamilton – Reken, Germany
Pvt. Channing Robert Whitaker – Betio, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Operation Galvanic
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/world-war-ii-heros-remains-found-71-years-later/2015/07/02/924e4c40-20a9-11e5-a135-935065bc30d0_video.html
Lt. Alexander Bonnyman