You may or may not be aware that I assist the U.S. Army with locating families of servicemen who are still unaccounted for from WWII, Korea and Southeast Asia. Since I'm an Army brat, this work carries a lot of meaning for me.
In any case, the pace of identification seems to have really picked up of late and I was especially delighted to spot this article:
10 Missing WWII Airmen Identified
Researchers are usually not told what happens with cases after they're submitted, so I was very pleased to see that four of the servicemen -- 2nd Lt. Donald F. Grady, Staff Sgt. Thomas G. Knight, Staff Sgt. Norman L. Nell, and Staff Sgt. Blair W. Smith -- were among my cases. To know that they're finally being given a proper burial and honors -- well, I think it's one of the best applications of genealogy possible and I feel privileged to be even a tiny part of it all.
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Tech. Sgt. Steve Zayac, of Cleveland
Megan do you know what year he was born, or his parents names. I'm trying to figure out if he was Carpatho-Rusyn.
Kim
Posted by Kim Krett | April 12, 2007 5:09 PM
Posted on April 12, 2007 17:09