This is the Final ANC Mission Plan:

For:  Visitation -  26 August 2008 - Murphy's Funeral Home 1800-2000 hrs
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Stage:     1715 hrs    Murphy's Funeral Home, 4510 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, Va
Brief:       1720 hrs
Honors:   1730 hrs    Honor Flag Line

Ride Captain:  Jim Furr  (540) 454-0629  cell

Iron Horses preferred, cages welcome as always.
Large hand-held flags desired for Honor Flag Line.
Military mandated ID / gear NOT required for this part of the mission.

For:  ANC Services - 27 August - Escort, Old Chapel Ft Myer, ANC Graveside
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Stage:     0720 hrs    Murphy's Funeral Home, 4510 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, Va
Brief:       0725 hrs
Honors:   0745 hrs    At funeral home, prior to escort
Escort:    0800 hrs    FH to Old Chapel, Ft Myer
Honors:   0815 hrs    Flag Line at Old Chapel
Honors:   0930 hrs    Graveside ANC (time approx.)

Ride Captain:  Jim Furr  (540) 454-0629  cell

Iron Horses preferred, cages welcome as always.
Mounted large flags preferred for the Escort (furl upon Ft Meyer parking).
Large hand-held flags desired for Honor Flag Line (but not used in ANC proper).
Military mandated ID / gear ARE required for this mission.
     (Photo ID, long pants, long sleeves, full finger gloves, face shield or goggles or windshield).

Weather is unknown - but it is still August - Hot - dress accordingly and keep hydrated - especially standing Flag Line.

Remember we are here to honor the Hero and  family, friends, and comrades-in-arms, and to stand tall, silent and proud.  If you cannot join us, please set aside a moment of silence at the appointed hour, to reflect on their sacrifice.

More ANC - PGR Info:
Special ANC Considerations: Flags, etc  and PGR-ANC Information / Maps / Etc

Ride Safe, Ride Together . . . Let's Roll! . . . Freedom is NOT Free!!
     Riding for Brad Winchester, Vet, PGR Sr Ride Captain
 
Dave
 
David "SilverBack" Slone
Patriot Guard Riders - Ride Captain, Sr. Ride Captain Arlington National Cemetery
www.patriotguard.org
Cell: 301-758-5608  Home: (434) 990-1799 
david.slone@pobox.com 163 Hickory Lane, Barboursville, VA 22923

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We have a Confirmed ANC Mission!

There will be a group burial for all of the 11 Heroes who perished on December 3, 1943 with this WWII B-24D Liberator flight. At the same time, there will be individual burials of 3 of the crew members.

These Heroes will be laid to their final rest, home at last, in the hallowed grounds of Arlington National Cemetery (ANC) on 27 August, 2008 at approximately 0900 hours from the Old Chapel on Ft. Myer, followed by ANC graveside services.  There will be a visitation from 1800 to 2000 hours on 26 August, 2008 at Murphy's Funeral Home, 4510 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, Va  22203.

PGR will stand tall, silent and proud with an Honor Flag Line for the visitation, and will render Honors at the funeral home prior to a mounted escort to the Chapel, and followed by  an Honor Flag Line for the Chapel services and presentation of Honors at graveside.

Missing WWII Airmen are Identified              The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of 11 U.S. servicemen, missing in action from World War II, have been identified and will be returned to their families for burial with full military honors.                  They are Capt. Robert L. Coleman, of Wilmington, Del.; 1st Lt. George E. Wallinder, of San Antonio, Texas; 2nd Lt. Kenneth L. Cassidy, of Worcester, Mass.; 2nd Lt. Irving Schechner, of Brooklyn, N.Y.; 2nd Lt. Ronald F. Ward, of Cambridge, Mass.; Tech. Sgt. William L. Fraser, of Maplewood, Mo.; Tech. Sgt. Paul Miecias, of Piscataway, N.J.; Tech. Sgt. Robert C. Morgan, of Flint, Mich.; Staff Sgt. Albert J. Caruso, of Kearny, N.J.; Staff Sgt. Robert E. Frank, of Plainfield, N.J.; and Pvt. Joseph Thompson, of Compton, Calif; all U.S. Army Air Forces. The dates and locations of the funerals are being set by their families.                 Representatives from the Army met with the next-of-kin of these men in their hometowns to explain the recovery and identification process and to coordinate interment with military honors on behalf of the secretary of the Army.                 On Dec. 3, 1943, these men crewed a B-24D Liberator that departed Dobodura, New Guinea, on an armed-reconnaissance mission over New Hanover Island in the Bismarck Sea. The crew reported dropping their bombs on target, but in spite of several radio contacts with their base, they never returned to Dobodura. Subsequent searches failed to locate the aircraft.                 In 2000, three Papua New Guineans were hunting in the forest when they came across aircraft wreckage near Iwaia village. The Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) was notified and began planning an investigation. In 2002, a JPAC team traveled to Deboin Village to interview two individuals who said they knew where the crash site was. However, the witnesses could not relocate the site.                 In 2004, the site was found about four miles from Iwaia village in Papua New Guinea where a JPAC team found an aircraft data plate that correlated to the 1943 crash.                  Between 2004 and 2007, JPAC teams conducted two excavations of the site and recovered human remains and non-biological material including some crew-related artifacts such as identification tags.                Among dental records, other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from JPAC and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory also used mitochondrial DNA and dental comparisons in the identification of the remains.                  For additional information on the Defense Department's mission to account for missing Americans, visit the DPMO Web site at http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo or call (703) 699-1169. [Editor's note: Aircrew photo is available.]  [/quote][/quote][/quote][/quote][/quote][/quote][/quote][/quote][/quote][/quote][/quote][/quote][/quote][/quote][/quote][/quote][/quote][/quote][/quote]