I am continuing my Salute to the Veterans for Memorial Day 2017.
Actually, this whole blog is a salute to veterans and especially those of World War II.
Back on May 1st, I wrote about a DeKalb, Illinois, family having one son already in the Army in February 1942. In addition, they had another son about to enter the Navy and a third one set to go to the Marines. There was even a fourth son who was a year too young to join the military, but no doubt would follow his brothers.
I'll let you know the family name and if they all came back or not tomorrow.
I got to wondering if any of them did not come home so looked up DeKalb County's World War II casualties. I will be writing the names of the men who died over the next week.
From Geneaology Trails.
These are the abbreviations for how they died.
KIA-- Killed In Action
DOW-- Died of Wounds
DOI-- Died of Injuries
DNB-- Died Non-Battle
FOD-- Finding of Death Under Public Law 490
M- Missing
--GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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