DutchGT500 Posted September 12, 2011 Report Share Posted September 12, 2011 Probably from the 82nd airborne division. Operation Marketgarden in Sep 44. Hope they can identify them for their families. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Hamilton Posted September 13, 2011 Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 Returning the remains of our fallen soldiers is one mission the the U.S. Government has never given up. Since 1992 over 2,000 set of remains have been returned to the United States from the Vietnam War. Occasionally, like mentioned above, the remains of soldiers, sailors, and airman are returned from the WWI, WWII, and Korean eras. They are always treated with the same dignified transfer that the soldiers from today's wars receive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry T Posted September 13, 2011 Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 True heros ... glad to see they finally made it home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mywickedshelby Posted September 13, 2011 Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 Thats is great news Patrick......I hope, as you say, they can be identified for the sake of the families of our fallen soldiers benefit. I lost my Grandfather today.....2nd Infantry Division, (Indian Heads) landed at Omaha Beach, Fought in the Battle of the Bulge, liberated camps outside Buchenwald and liberated Spergau. He was one month shy of 19 when the war ENDED. God Bless all our veterans and active duty soldiers around the world! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DutchGT500 Posted September 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 Sorry to hear about your grandfather. Do you know which camps he liberated near Buchenwald? I would have loved talking to him. My grandfather died in one of these subcamps or Aussenkommandos. He died at 32 in Langenstein-Zwieberge. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langenstein-Zwieberge The Dutch government will treat these remains with the outmost respect. Our country was liberated by these men. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffJ Posted September 13, 2011 Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 Great news Patrick! Can't wait to see you guys in a couple weeks! Sorry for your loss Wicked. Sounds like he was a great man that will not be forgotten! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svtkeith Posted September 14, 2011 Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 Glad they made it home after all these years....3 of 4 of my uncles that are WW II vets are still alive I have more respect for that generation than any other God Bless them all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertlane Posted September 14, 2011 Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 I have relatives on both sides - on the U.S. side, my uncle is the last from his group that is still alive. He was on the first wave on the first day. It's great to see that the Netherlands is working to bring them home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jwestercamp Posted September 16, 2011 Report Share Posted September 16, 2011 great news, they gave the ultimate for their country and without people like that where would we be today???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HARALD KELLEY Posted September 16, 2011 Report Share Posted September 16, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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