Sgt Jesse Douglas Hill

I have an uncle that is still over there and I’m exhausting every option I have available to help find him.  I do know that his unit (1/32) was in a defensive/blocking position but, I don’t know if he was mixed in with other units or was a part of this blocking force.  I also don’t know if he was in an area that was overrun or if he lost his way and wandered into the wrong...
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Hiroshi “Hershey” Miyamura VA Clinic

In June 2015, the VA Clinic in Gallup, New Mexico was dedicated the “Hiroshi “Hershey” Miyamura VA Clinic” in honor of Medal of Honor Recipient and Former Korean War Ex-POW, Hiroshi “Hershey” Miyamura. Hershey, Senator Heinrich and US Congressman Ben Ray Lujan Jr. cutting the ribbon to officially open the facility. Hershey with US Senator from New Mexico...
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Alfred Charles Bordeau

The information on this page was provided by Duff Zube, Alfred C. Bordeau was his mother’s oldest brother. Bordeau was killed in a POW camp on June 30, 1951 almost to a year of being a POW. webmaster note: Alfred Bordeau was a Tiger. If you knew Alfred, please email...
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Photo with General Ridgeway

I was released from camp 4 on 1 Sep. 1953 and was greeted by Gen. Ridgeway. Our photo was taken by Msgt. Al Chang and a copy was to be sent to my parents in N.J. They never received it and there is no record of the photo in the National Archives in College Park, Md. In fact they have no photos at all which were taken of the POW’s after 31 Aug. 1953. The Director of the archives has no idea why...
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Request info about Robert W. Fleming

An exchange POW in Korea war/conflict He is my 1st cousin and formerly a member of Boy Scout Troop 35, Memphis, TN. He was featured as the POW from southern USA (Tennessee) in either Look or Life magazine after his release from the POW camp and again 10 years later one of those two magazines. Collecting this information to re-establish contact and for use in the forthcoming centennial...
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