The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) has announced that they have positively identified the remains of 2nd Lt. Donald W. Sheppick, who had been Missing In Action since World War II. The 26-year-old from Roscoe, PA, served as navigator in a B-24 bomber named Heaven Can Wait that was shot down over a remote bay in Papua New Guinea on March 11, 1944. In 2017, the missing bomber was located underwater at a depth of over 200 feet by the …
Williamsport Airman Missing Since World War II Identified and Returning Home
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) has publicly announced that they have positively identified the remains of Staff Sergeant John H. Danneker, who had been missing in action since 1944. Danneker entered the U.S. Army Air Forces from Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The initial survey and the recovery projects leading up to these identifications were completed in partnership with Project Recover and other experts in the field. Danneker was a waist gunner assigned to the 565th Bombardment Squadron, 389th Bombardment Group, 2nd …
Project Recover Welcomes New Advisory Council Member
Renee Kleszczewski brings passion and dedication to help return American service members missing in action. Project Recover, a global nonprofit dedicated to repatriating American service members missing in action and providing answers and closure to MIA Gold Star Families, is proud to announce the appointment of Renee Kleszczewski to its Advisory Council. “We are thrilled to welcome Renee to the Project Recover Advisory Council,” said Derek Abbey, President & CEO of Project Recover. “Renee’s passion to help return American service …
Cleveland Airman Missing Since World War Two Identified and Returning Home
Friday, February 28th – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) has publicly announced that they have positively identified the remains of 2nd Lt. Robert T. McCollum who had been missing in action since 1944. McCollum entered the U.S. Army Air Forces from Cleveland, Ohio. The initial survey and the recovery projects leading up to these identifications were completed in partnership with Project Recover and other experts in the field. McCollum was a bombardier assigned to the 565th Bombardment Squadron, 389th …
Remains of Wichita Airman Positively Identified 80 Years After Final Mission
February 25, 2025 – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), in partnership with Project Recover and other experts in the field, has announced that they have positively identified the remains of 1st Lt. Herbert G. Tennyson, who had been Missing In Action since World War II. The 24-year-old from Wichita, KS served as pilot in a B-24 bomber named Heaven Can Wait that was shot down over a remote bay in Papua New Guinea on March 11, 1944. In 2017 …
Remains of Livermore Airman Positively Identified 80 Years After Final Mission
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 17th, 2024 – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), in partnership with Project Recover and other experts in the field, has announced that they have positively identified the remains of 2nd Lt. Thomas V. Kelly, Jr., who had been Missing In Action since World War II. The 21-year-old from Livermore, CA served as bombardier in a B-24 bomber named “Heaven Can Wait” that was shot down over a remote bay in Papua New Guinea on March …
Remembering Our Heroes: 2nd Lt. Arthur J. Schumacher, USAAF
Guest post by Lynne Hasselman Behind every name engraved on one of our national cemetery’s Tablets of the Missing is an indelible story etched on the hearts of their loved ones. Despite the passage of time, these American heroes live on in faded black and white photographs, yellowed letters home, and faded telegrams marked with tears. Out of 81,500 American service members missing in action (MIA), 72,000 were from World War II. Their lives were marked by war, but it …
DPAA Accounts for LT Jay R. Manown, Jr.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced that, in partnership with Project Recover and other experts in the field, they accounted for LT Jay R. Manown, Jr. LT Manown was a TBM-1c Avenger pilot who, until this announcement, was Missing in Action. Project Recover located the downed Avenger in Palauan waters in 2015. The Avenger took off from the USS Enterprise aircraft carrier on September 10, 1944. The crew was part of Torpedo Squadron 20 (VT-20), which was on a …
Kenneth Whitesell, VADM, USN(ret.) Joins Project Recover Board of Directors
Project Recover is pleased to announce the appointment of its newest board member, Vice Admiral Kenneth Whitesell, United States Navy retired. Kenneth’s introduction to and journey toward this unique organization began over Memorial Day weekend, 2023, when Mount Soledad National Veterans Memorial chose to honor and memorialize former MIA, Aviation Radioman 3rd Class Walter Mintus. As then the Commander of the Naval Air Forces, he was invited to share the podium with Project Recover’s Pat Scannon. As part of his …
Honoring Our Heroes – Clifton, TX
As we decorated the lobby with balloons and set up the memorial tables, the students were all on stage at the Clifton ISD Performing Arts Center, rehearsing the next day’s Honoring Our Heroes program that would be followed by a screening of To What Remains. All the while, heavy thunderstorms cracked and boomed above us as sheets of rain came down. I hadn’t seen a storm like this in years. It was just another rainy night for my local Clifton …
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