The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of three U.S. servicemen, missing from World War II, have been identified and will be returned to their families for burial with full military honors. They are Ensign Irvin A.R. Thompson, of Hudson County, N.J.; Ensign Eldon P. Wyman, of Portland, Ore.; and Fireman 2nd Class Lawrence A. Boxrucker, of Dorchester, Wis.;... [read full story]
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The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of three U.S. servicemen, missing from World War II, have been identified and will be returned to their families for burial...
Kathleen Wyman keeps this memorabilia in her downtown Portland home including a picture of the her and Eldon Wyman together as well as a newspaper clipping of the two of them as Ensigns. (AP Photo/The Oregonian, Stephanie...
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Two-thirds of a century ago, Kathleen Wyman drove her brother to California to join the Navy. From there, he shipped out to the USS Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor. He never came home. Ensign Eldon Wyman was 24...
