Jocelyne Papelard-Brescia, director of U.S. Memory Grand Est France in Epinal, France, presents Maj. Gen. Thomas H. Mancino, adjutant general for Oklahoma, with soil taken from a foxhole where two members of the 45th Infantry Division were killed in World War II during a ribbon cutting ceremony for the Oklahoma National Guard Museum in Oklahoma City, June 11, 2026. Papelard-Brescia shared with Mancino and those in attendance how the people of France adopted the graves of the unknown Soldiers and cared for them and how the Soldiers were recently identified and are now honored by name, Staff Sgt. John A. Rowlen and Pvt. Edward Kaszuba, both members of the 179th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division. (Oklahoma National Guard photo by Anthony Jones)
| Date Taken: | 06.11.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 06.12.2026 15:10 |
| Photo ID: | 9746889 |
| VIRIN: | 260611-A-RH707-6002 |
| Resolution: | 5568x3712 |
| Size: | 6.18 MB |
| Location: | OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, US |
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