Photo by Gen. Rajagau Tuan Lante | U.S. Army Human Resources Command | 12.23.2024
Gregory Gardner, chief of the U.S Army Human Resources Command’s Past Conflicts Repatriation Branch, center, back, is pictured here with the Family of Staff Sgt. Yuen Hop who went missing Dec. 29, 1944, during the Battle of the Bulge. Hop’s remains were identified June 18, 2024. Gardner traveled to California in mid-November to give an identification briefing to the Family....
Photo by Maria McClure | U.S. Army Human Resources Command | 12.23.2024
This image of Staff Sgt. Yuen Hop was hung above the mantel of his parent’s home in San Fransisco, Calif. Hop went missing Dec. 29, 1944, during the Battle of the Bulge. Some 80 years after his death, Hop’s remains were identified June 18, 2024. Identification was a complex process that involved collaboration between the U.S Army Human Resources Command’s Past Conflicts Repatriation......
Photo by Master Sgt. Brian Hamilton | U.S. Army Human Resources Command | 09.11.2017
The U.S. Army's Past Conflicts Repatriation branch is the Army's liaison to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. The DPAA is tasked with recovering missing personnel, listed as either Prisoners of War or Missing in Action from past wars and conflicts that the U.S. was involved in. The DPAA uses a combination of history and science to identify the remains of service members when they are......
Photo by Master Sgt. Brian Hamilton | U.S. Army Human Resources Command | 08.22.2017
Taps is played during the interment of U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. William "Blootie" Turner at the Nashville National Cemetery located in Madison, Tenn., Aug. 22, 2017. Turner was aboard a B-26 Marauder in December 1943, when the plane, nicknamed "Hell's Fury," was shot down killing all on-board except the pilot. After years of painstaking work, Turner's remains were positively identified......
Photo by Master Sgt. Brian Hamilton | U.S. Army Human Resources Command | 08.22.2017
Family and friends take the time to visit with loved ones after the interment of U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sergeant William "Blootie" Turner, Aug. 22, 2017, at the Nashville National Cemetery located in Madison, Tenn. Turner was aboard a B-26 Marauder in December 1943, when the plane, nicknamed "Hell's Fury," was shot down killing all on-board except the pilot. After years of painstaking......
Photo by Master Sgt. Brian Hamilton | U.S. Army Human Resources Command | 08.22.2017
The remains of U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. William "Blootie" Turner are transferred from funeral coach to the memorial garden, during the interment service for Turner, Aug. 22, 2017, at the Nashville National Cemetery located in Madison, Tenn. Turner was aboard a B-26 Marauder in December 1943, when the plane, nicknamed "Hell's Fury," was shot down killing all on board except the pilot.......
Photo by Master Sgt. Brian Hamilton | U.S. Army Human Resources Command | 08.22.2017
Linda Tinsley, cousin of U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. William "Blootie" Turner, is presented the United States national flag during Turner's interment, Aug. 22, 2017. Turner was aboard a B-26 Marauder in December 1943 when the plane, nicknamed "Hell's Fury," was shot down killing all on board except the pilot. After years of painstaking work, Turner's remains were positively identified and......
