Sept. 1, 2026 'Accounted For': The 82-year journey to bring a lost WWII pilot home After being missing in action for more than 80 years, 1LT Franklin H. McKinney has been officially accounted for by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency due to decades of dedicated grassroots efforts.
Oct. 18, 2018 Heroes return home, Repatriation of WWII remains Many service members lost their lives fighting for America. Some were brought home to their families and laid to rest, others were buried on the foreign soil where they died and many went missing in action. However, these heroes are never forgotten.
April 6, 2018 At recovery sites, memories of lost loved ones keep troops focused on grave mission The day Army Sgt. 1st Class Tommy Murphy died is still engrained into his daughter's mind. It was April 7, 2001, and Tycoria Johnson was just 9 years old. On that Saturday, Murphy, along with six other American service members and nine Vietnamese counterparts, departed on an MI-17 helicopter to