Pfc. Jeffers most likely was killed in the Hurtgen Forest, a long battle that in retrospect should not have been fought. The 4th ID entered the forest on 10 November 1944.
DPAA never ever ever gives up and are a reason to be proud to be an American. We lost a close Air Force family friend in a F-111 shootdown in Laos many long years ago and he has been MIA ever since. I understand that DPAA had recently identified the crash site and the remains of the other crewman. Lt. Col Robert David Morrissey - unaccounted for. I hope that the family of PFC Jeffers gets some peace and I will always hope the same for the family of Lt. Col Morrissey.
Ya know, it saddens me only three people made a comment about this hero. How soon we forget. I note, a lot of times when there is something military posted very few comment. If it's weapons, comments all over the place. Guns are great but shooting at a shoot range and being the shooting range are two different things.
Welcome Home Trooper. Read the other day that a Marine KIA on Tarawa on 20 November 1943 has been recovered/identified. He'll be buried with honors in Los Angeles on 20 November 2020. The DPAA website is more than worth a periodic visit.
I love the DPAA for what they do. Took a long lunch a few years ago to watch from an overpass the guard dogs escort a man back to Kansas from Tulsa. Do that at least once in your life. All overpasses within sight were occupied, I had the good fortune of being on the one with the firetrucks and flags raised and many active veterans as well as retired ones. Conversation was outstanding.
May his family finally get closure and may he receive all the honors due him.
ReplyDeletePfc. Jeffers most likely was killed in the Hurtgen Forest, a long battle that in retrospect should not have been fought. The 4th ID entered the forest on 10 November 1944.
ReplyDeleteWelcome home and thank you for your ultimate sacrifice so I could live free.
ReplyDeleteDPAA never ever ever gives up and are a reason to be proud to be an American. We lost a close Air Force family friend in a F-111 shootdown in Laos many long years ago and he has been MIA ever since. I understand that DPAA had recently identified the crash site and the remains of the other crewman. Lt. Col Robert David Morrissey - unaccounted for. I hope that the family of PFC Jeffers gets some peace and I will always hope the same for the family of Lt. Col Morrissey.
ReplyDeleteYa know, it saddens me only three people made a comment about this hero. How soon we forget. I note, a lot of times when there is something military posted very few comment. If it's weapons, comments all over the place. Guns are great but shooting at a shoot range and being the shooting range are two different things.
ReplyDeleteWelcome Home Trooper. Read the other day that a Marine KIA on Tarawa on 20 November 1943 has been recovered/identified. He'll be buried with honors in Los Angeles on 20 November 2020.
ReplyDeleteThe DPAA website is more than worth a periodic visit.
Semper Fi
I love the DPAA for what they do. Took a long lunch a few years ago to watch from an overpass the guard dogs escort a man back to Kansas from Tulsa. Do that at least once in your life. All overpasses within sight were occupied, I had the good fortune of being on the one with the firetrucks and flags raised and many active veterans as well as retired ones. Conversation was outstanding.
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