A man from Riverside who served as an airman of the U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II and died a prisoner of the Japanese has been officially accounted for, according to a military release.
Pfc. Charles R. Powers was captured following the American surrender of the Bataan Peninsula in the Philippines on April 9, 1942.
Welcome home PFC. Rest in Peace. - Nemo
ReplyDeleteThank you for your sacrific PFC Powers. Eighty-two years later you are still thought of and thought of as an American hero.
ReplyDeleteLo, there do I see my father.
ReplyDeleteLo, there do I see my mother,
and my sisters, and my brothers.
Lo, there do I see the line of my people,
Back to the beginning!
Lo, they do call to me.
They bid me take my place among them,
In the halls of Valhalla!
Where the brave may live forever!
Welcome home brother! Finally able to Rest in Peace.
ReplyDeleteI did a bit of research on missing Pacific Theater service men since my mother had a cousin that disappeared over Bougainville in 1943 and I was preparing for a family reunion. In general, the missing are all listed on a the Walls of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery. Over 36,000 names. I expect that's where he'll get the rosette next to his name. Most are also listed in the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Hawaii. Some may also have a cenotaph (grave marker with no body) in their family's local cemetery. 1st Lt Edward Brown, USMCR, my mother's cousin, has one in the cemetery in Lingle, Wyoming. Interestingly, they are not dead until the DOD declares them dead. So, while Lt Brown disappeared in November 1943, his official death date is in January 1946. The family has a different opinion and go with November 8, 1943, the day he went MIA in his Corsair.
ReplyDeleteWelcome home Pfc. Powers, your service to your country is very appreciated
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