Soldiers from the U.S. Army Band, “Pershing’s Own,” the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), and the Caisson Detachment conduct full military funeral honors with escort for U.S. Army Air Force Pvt. Bernard Curran in Section 62 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, June 2, 2025. Curran was a prisoner of war during World War II.
From the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA):
In late 1941, Curran was a member of 17th Pursuit Squadron, 24th Pursuit Group, when Japanese forces invaded the Philippine Islands in December. Intense fighting continued until the surrender of the Bataan peninsula on April 9, 1942, and of Corregidor Island on May 6, 1942.
Thousands of U.S. and Filipino service members were captured...
