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Missing Soldier laid to rest in Sneedville
Topic Started: Jan 27 2008, 02:16 PM (286 Views)
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http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=53924

Missing soldier laid to rest in Sneedville

By: Stoney Sharp, Reporter
Date created: 1/26/2008 11:26:35 PM
Last updated: 1/27/2008 12:12:09 AM



For an hour Saturday, the City of Sneedville stood still. Advertisement



"I felt I should honor this man, since he honored me with his life," said Carol McDonald.

McDonald was among a crowd of citizens, Patriot Guard Riders and fellow Seaman who came to say goodbye.

"This is a time for celebration. Because, he gets to come home," said Deb McKay, a member of the Patriot Guard.

The crowd brought ease to family members--like Denny Douglas.

"He passed away 12 years before I was ever born," said Denny Douglas. "My mom always told us how proud she was of him."

Denny's uncle is Seaman 1st Class General P. Douglas.

Seaman Douglas was serving in World War II when his ship was struck by a Japanese torpedo.

"They finally realized his body would never be found," said Denny Douglas.

Over 60 years later, he is brought home.

The Defense Department said his remains were found in 2006 by a resident of the Solomon Islands.

Officials used DNA, and other forensic identification to confirm that the body was Seaman Douglas.

In the midst of the scenery he loved, he was buried with full military honors.

"Everybody can be at peace and rest and know that the chapter has closed," said Denny Douglas.

Seaman 1st Class General P. D

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Below is the link to the news release announcing the identification of this Sailor.

I use to work at the lab were this work was done. It was the best job I ever had in the Army. The most rewarding. I was the team commander on six missions to Vietnam, one to Laos, and all five to North Korea in 1998 and the mission commander on all but one of these missions. This organization is the most professional and dedicated I have seen.

There is a Navy Lieutenant an a Airforce Captain on the Vietnam Wall my teams recovered. My teams also recovered 28 possibles from North Korea. Five of those have been identified.

As we sleep tonight there are dedicated people whose sole mission is to recover, identify, and return our POWs/MIAs. They take their job seriously and are fiercely driven in this mission.



Link to news release

POW/MIA
THEY ARE NOT FORGOTTEN.


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God bless you VMI and thank you for your service to both America and to its Veterans!!!
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The location were a lot of this takes place is Hawaii. The last time I was there they had two sets of remains from the recovered turrett of the USS Monitor. They told me they think they know who these two sailors are and they they think they will be able to prove it in time. This is were DNA comes into the picture.

Below is the link to the site. Very interesting. For those of the Mountain community who know of and or who have parents or relatives who served in one of our wars and buried friends and comrades on the battlefield and given a map or photos could pinpoint the site please contact these people. They may not be able to act on the intel today or tomorrow but they will prioritize it and act as soon as they can. Every bit of of intel helps. I was reading company reports from the Korean War and Vietnam war prior to each mission to get the as much info as possible. Any other eyewitness info could not hurt.

For those who have a loved one who is missing they are looking for DNA samples to help identify the recovered remains they have already and to help identify future recoveries.

I would appreciate any one form the Mountain community and outside the mountain community who has info to contact these people. Thanks.


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For the Marines out there this is the group who a few years ago recovered and ID'd some of Carlson's Raiders. They also just did a mission to Iwo Jima a short time ago as well.


POW/MIA
THEY ARE NOT FORGOTTEN
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God bless you VMI and thank you for your service to both America and to its Veterans!!!

Thank you from me too. You are doing a very special job. God bless you for it.
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legitlinda;
That was a job I use to do when on active duty. I retired June of 2006 but that mission still has my heart and soul. It was a true joy to give something back and to be part of it all.

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VMI84,

Are you familiar with 'The Cuban Program'? I just came across testimony re: testimony about this program. I'm still reading the testimony but with your experience in the POW/MIA issues I would be interested in your thoughts.

I don't want to hijack this thread but if you are familiar and can share any details I would appreciate an email.

toothlessdawg at earthlink dot net

Thanks,
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