• Read Object 53: Funeral Ceremony for Vietnam Unknown

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    Object 53: Funeral Ceremony for Vietnam Unknown

    After a 26 year journey from the Vietnam Unknown memorial to St. Louis, Missouri, a casket containing the remains of 1st Lt. Michael Blassie was interred in Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in his hometown on July 11, 1998.

  • Read Object 38: National POW/MIA Memorial

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    Object 38: National POW/MIA Memorial

    VA national cemeteries contain numerous memorials honoring the service members who became prisoners of war (POW) or went missing in action (MIA) from the Revolutionary War to the present.

  • Read Halyburton and Grimsley – Story of U.S.’s First POWs in WWI

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    Halyburton and Grimsley – Story of U.S.’s First POWs in WWI

    After a night raid by German forces on Nov. 2, 1917, a group of U.S. soldiers became the first group taken prisoner in WWI. These POWs included Sgt. Edgar Halyburton and Pvt. Clyde Grimsley, and each suffered the privations that occurred in early 20th Century imprisonment.