MIA world war II soldiers identified after decades
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- DNA technology is being used every day to solve crimes and identify john and jane does. however, this technology is also being used to identify the remains of missing members of the military. these two soldiers went missing in action during world war II, but were finally given proper burials at home thanks to advances in forensic science more than 70 years after they died.
[00:10] john "jack" cummings
[07:30] lawrence dickson
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This was perhaps my favorite episode. So very touching to see the daughter receive back the ring with her parents initials recovered from the crash site. So grateful to all still working to bring our MIA soldiers home all these decades later.
I don’t cry easily, but it got to me when they showed the ring.
May their sacrifice never be forgotten, and never needed again.
My 18 YO uncle Paulo was pronounced dead in World War II in 1945. My grandmother was pregnant at the time. In horrible grief she delivered her son and in his memory they named him Paulo. Six weeks later my Uncle Paulo knocked on his mothers door. My Grandmother almost had a happy heart attack.
I had two uncle Paulo.
The stories of the bravery of the Tuskegee Airmen has always facinated me. They fought for others freedoms that none of them had in their own country.
Mind boggling, incomprehensible !
Recently read a book title Half American by Matthew Delmont, a worthwhile read.. informative.. it’s also on Audible..
Agreed.
As with the Australian Aboriginal soldiers who fought in WW1, WW2, Korea & Vietnam🌹😎🇦🇺
Yes.
Great, great video. There are literally hundreds of thousands of combatants from all sides from both world wars who's remains have never been found. Thanks for this.
This was quite moving. Thank you for covering these cases. There must still be thousands of soldiers unidentified.
Hundreds of Thousands may be more accurate - two members of my family are listed as 'missing' (a great uncle) or 'no known grave' (My great grandfather) and even in my local graveyard there were several 'unknown' burials of airmen and sailors recovered offshore.
You are correct. There are many. I was stationed in Germany 20+ years ago and went to the U.S. cemetery in Luxembourg with two bunches of flowers, one for George Patton's grave and one for an "unknown" grave of someone who had not been ID'd before interment given the science of the day. There were unfortunately a lot of them, many of whom fell late in the war.
I have a relative missing since 1864, another in WWI, and one in the Korean War. I think it's because there has been a lot of us serving since the War of 1812. I have a list of 83, including myself and my brother.
Please read my comment above about my uncle Paulo who was pronounced KIA and came home alive.
There are over 50K MIAs from WW2.
There are areas where bones are still discovered in Europe with organizations trying to identify them.
Big finds in the Russian steppes.
Its fascinating to me that the airplane crash was not disturbed in all these years. The bones and jewelry not scattered by animals or thieves? That’s fascinating in and of itself
So sad that the news of Captain Dixon came too late for his wife. But what a lovely gesture lieutenant Martin did for Dixon’s daughter, & lieutenant’s Martin daughter for her father. Wish I could do the same for my father.
my great grandmas brother was in the air force in world war two. they assume he crashed and died somewhere but his remains have never been discovered. my great grandma and her parents and other siblings all died without knowing what happened to their brother.
maybe his remains be found so that he can return and be properly buried.
These always get me right in the heart. I've sent my husband to war 3 times and he's come back physically intact, though changed. My grandfather fought at the Battle of the Bulge. And I'm always grateful. May all those brave soldiers and other military members be given their names back and finally laid to rest properly. Not having answers is a fate I can not imagine. Thankful for the service of every man and woman who served the United States in conflicts past and present. 🇺🇲
Thank you and your husband for his service. I can't imagine how hard it would be to be a military spouse.
My American grandmother demanded her son's remains be returned to the USA after he was killed by friendly fire over Sicily during WWII. Her wish was granted.
82nd Airborne? One of the transport pilots carrying them? A tragic story that resulted in changes by D-Day.
My mom's brother, Jim, was killed while flying his 28th mission on 1/20/45.
Initially buried in Cambridge, UK, his remains were returned home in 1948.
My great grandfather was killed in the Philippines and is still buried there😢💔wish my deceased family members would have fought as hard as your grandmother we have a burial plot in the family cemetery with a headstone with name, dates, and veterans plaque but there’s no body there😢🥺💔🥺😢
She didn't get it cause she "demanded it" it's cause ppl were being nice and human. You saying she demanded it shows that your "American grandmother" (the Queen of karens) was a nuisance and problem. One of them ppl that yell at fast food workers cause she "demanded extra pickle" and they only gave her 3 extra.
@@ramrodbldm9876 Hey bro! take it easy, the lady must have been emotionally devastated and not thinking what she was saying. Many years have passed, there is no need to criticize someone you don't even know.
Thank you for this very moving video! From the son of an Air Force officer and proud father of a Navy sailor and a Marine.
Thank you for remembering our veterans! Thank you to all veterans past and present for your service.
This vet thanks you so much for the updates on 2 of our MIA's. May we never forget others who are still missing.
Thank you for your service. Much love from kansas❤
There's been been quite a few soldiers from WW2 recently identified so no doubt that there will be more identified in the coming years
Also Navy from WWII. Many sailors recovered from ships sunk at Pearl Harbor could not be identified by the time they were located and were buried in the Punchbowl Nat'l Cemetery as "unknown." The POW/MIA folks are exhuming remains and they're using the recovered DNA and families' that choose to participate to ID those who have been MIA to their families.
readin auckland city herald on friday night article off mr walker from indiana remains found after been killed in germany 79 years ago when age 27 in charge off a u.s.a tank.
Love these uploads and your narration Heavy Casefile. You always do such an amazing and respectful job of covering these cases. The Tuskegee Airmen trained about 40 miles from my home town. Such an amazing group of pilots.
Powerful video respectfully done. And I learned something that utterly shocked me. To require African- American pilots to fly an additional 20 missions to qualify for leave was ABSOLUTELY unconscionable!
Why would any African American join any army in the first place. While he was fighting his wife could not drink from the same water fountain as other Americans did. The rest of the world knows how dark skinned people are treated in the USA.
racism on display
Yes ! That these brave heros suffered such discrimination and had to take even more risks than other pilots because of color ! May they rest in peace back with Kin in their homeland Thanks to all who fought and died - may they remain in hearts and minds forever .From Australia 🇦🇺
Was waiting to see someone comment about this... SMH but nothing has changed either,... 😕... sadly
He was 117th Infantry 30th rifle Division Company E. He was in 3rd Army n was lost n surrounded in forest in Battle of the Bulge. A Staff Sargeant and connected with Pattons 1st Army. Wish i knew more about him he died 8 yrs before i was born n ever since i was bout 4 when i knew what he did ive always saluted his grave but im not good enuf for a return salute. Im 70 now no eife no kids no family alone. He's buried n Arbovale, west virginia.dont really why im telling u this. God bless.
Very moving conclusions to these brave soldiers stories.
To have gotten thru most of the war only to die in the last few months is heartbreaking. Two good looking, young, vigorous men with their whole lives ahead of them.
You always seem to choose the uploads that need to be talked about 💯but also with the great care that you do, 👍🏻👍🏻thank you so much for the upload it’s been a minute. sending you great vibes from Florida.✌🏻💕
My mother's cousin, Robert McGuinness, was reported MIA, also in 1942. My Great Aunt was his closest contact. She was given the information. No one ever heard another word of follow up. So sad as my mother was very close to him. I am so glad for the families of armed forces members families to have answers. My Great Aunt died in 1982 and my mother in 2013 at 91 years old, never knowing what happened to Bobby. I do wonder what happened to him while fighting overseas.
kary- at age 65 ahh found out recently that my granddads only brother- Simon O'Dwyer was killed by japs in 1942 bombing off darwin town. australia. Do not know why he there as he born in - Wairoa/ Gisborne - new zealand. - His mom was a nurse- Kate O' Connell - born in county Kerry- Eire.
The simple fact that white pilots got to go on leave after completing fewer missions, is very upsetting😢
Extremely,...
The second story of Captain Dickson made me cry. it was so beautiful...finding the harmonica at the crash site just took me out. Thank you for your service.
Wow this one. Tears don’t stop when it’s this moving. It’s so beautiful to see heroes laid to rest properly.
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So touching, the stories of war dead being identified, especially now that so few people from the times of the Great War and Second War remain to remember and remind us. Thanks, HC.
The enemy,(Germans) paid more respect to Jack, than the army he died for. Take note young men, in this climate of thirsting for war, don't go! A very sombre and moving video. Thank you. Peace be unto you.
How does this even make sense? The Germans killed him, took his body to look for intel, buried him and didn't report it to the US forces. Its not as if the US army neglected him somewhere, he basically was bodysnatched.
@martinwarner1178 You need to sit your butt down and hush because you have no fricken clue what you are saying. If the "young men" you refer to would actually take your advice, you will never experience "peace be unto you" because there will be no one to defend your sorry @ss.
We owe these brave men a debt of gratitude. Thank you for your service.
This is a wonderful story. I'd love to see more of these. No man left behind. Bring them all home.
Thank you for service. Glad you were able to come back home.
I never get notifications and have been looking for this channel for over a year. I could not remember the channels name.
Really happy to see your still posting ☺️.
I love this channel and am shocked it doesn't have more subscribers.
Thank you for highlighting these brave men and their families.
As a military brat growing up, this one made me cry. Nice video, HC. Thank you. ❤
From a British veteran thanks for your service when you go home say for your tomorrow we give our today 🇺🇲🇬🇧
Such an interesting episode!! I'm so happy the soldiers were finally identified!! Very heartbreaking for the family members who passed away without answers!! Thank you!!
Thank for sharing these cases. There is no happy ending but there is closure in the finding these lost soldiers and giving them and their families the honor and respect they earned. They finally came home.
Wow, this was awesome to hear.
Thank you for these two stories.
So thankful that Capt. Dixson’s crash site, remains could still be found and recovered after so many years. I had never heard about the black airmen required to do 20 additional missions. They surely paved and ‘paid’ the way for desegregation of the US Armed Forces not too long after WW 2’s end. RIP Capt. Dixon.
Wonderful video. Thank you for telling their stories.
What a wonderful tribute on Remembrance Sunday. These young men were lost to their families for so many years. ✝️
RIP All KIA and prayers for the still MIA.
I love your video, but have just one request - would it perhaps be possible to change the modulation / pitch of your voice from time to time? It has a sing-song quality to it, which does not always convey the proper emotions pertaining to the story. However, I am not suggesting that you should turn into a voice actor by any means.
Thank you casefiles girl .
Without WWII I wouldnt be here, long story short my grandfather Was displaced from Yugoslavia and ended up with no remaining family and got a boat to Australia. I'd love to hear more of these kinds of stories.
Such a wonderful tribute to these fallen heroes.
My family was fortunate enough to tour the battle fields in France & Belgium that my grandfather fought in. We visited the cemetery in Lorraine. There is nothing more moving and humbling than following those footsteps. How fitting so close to Remembrance Day. 🙏
My deepest condolences to the Cummings and Dickson families, friends, loved ones and colleagues of these two World War Il military men. This was a very profound and heartfelt video, I'm glad that they were finally identified. May their souls rest in eternal peace. 🌹🇺🇸🌹🇺🇲
Great video, thank you for covering this!
I suppose there's surviving family members who will get closure at least
Yes!
Hats off - this is incredible.
This one made me cry. 😢 Thank you for doing this. ❤
A very well presented story of these two young men. As a retired two tour combat Marine we always tried to leave no man behind, alive or dead, even at the risk of other lives. It's good to know that people are still out there trying to recover these men when it was not possible to do so at the time of their death.
Tom Boyte
GySgt. USMC, retired
Vietnam 1965-66/1970-71
0331 Infantry, machine guns
Wow, Captain Dixon remains were identified and interred @ Arlington cemetery, too bad his friend passed away a day before the announcement, good that his remains were buried properly after all those years, and his daughter was there, that’s an awesome story!
In the case of Captain Dixon, his fellow pilots stated that he bailed out and one said he had to evade the "pilotless" plane, yet Dixon's remains were found at the crash site. That does not make sense. Did someone lie?
It is unlikely any of the other pilots lied. Instead, they likely reported what they thought they saw. Witnesses frequently give inconsistent or inaccurate information due to an imperfect view of the event, speculation, or simply misperceiving the actions.
Thank you for covering these two stories ❤ we can never forget our fallen soldiers 🙏
Shocking that no one thought that Captain Dixon might be in Austria when they were flying so close to the border.
I wonder why the Tuskegee pilot was still on his plane when it crashed. It was reported that he jettisoned the canopy but apparently never exited the plane. That will probably be something Noone will ever know.
my uncle des o'dwyer told me he in a new zealand army convoy in italy and they got attacked by a u.s.a. airplane so had too shoot it down and the pilot was a - Black American pilot man.
Very moving, thank you for covering this. So important to families. We’re still looking for the remains of my mother in laws brother. She never got over it and wondered all her life. Then my sister in law , then my niece. One day perhaps G-D willing, 🙏🙏🙏👵🇦🇺
excellent video; thank you
Wow. Wonderful but also terribly sad. Both these family stories. Amazing how long these people held on. And they were finally sent home, sad that some didn't get to see it. Hope they are all together now in spirit and are happy. Thank you HC. Excellent history. And well told. Have a great and safe weekend and Thanksgiving!🌾🦃💕
So if the US government had put in any effort, Jack could have been brought home.
Yeah, it sure sounds like, the records and witnesses were all there, had they bothered to check right after the war. Same with Lawrence, they had the reports from the 2 other planes, and again the German records and local witnesses were available right after the war. But they never bothered to check.
It sure seems like, nobody really cared about the missing, even those with really good clues available.
You do realise there are still over 73,000 missing American servicemen from WWII. Not an easy task I’d suggest.
There is an account of a pilot attempting to get out of his aircraft and the parachute deploying. Getting caught on the vertical fin he managed to get free in time. Perhaps this pilot was not so lucky. His wingmen looking for a deployed chute and not paying attention to the descending aircraft.
You should do more of these "lost in combat" historical stories.
It’s unbelievably sad how Jack Cummings got more respect from the German soldiers after his death than the US Government. I guess soldiers understand soldiers, but still that is shocking.
Salute to those who serve! And very well done, HC. Thank you.
These are the true heroes. This is the price they pay leaving behind families. Thank you for honoring these heroes. I'm glad they found some closer after all these years.
That Lieutenant Dying the day before the announcement is too much,
Where I grew up, at the Norwegian coast, is the grave of an unknown WW2 soldier, If I recall correctly he's presumed to be russian. I believe he drifted ashore and was shot by a german soldier whom also took his tags/identification and left him to rot. My great grandparents neighbour hoisted the body on his shoulder to bury him at the cemetary properly, and was stopped by a german soldier questioning him, to which he replied 'this man is getting a proper burial, either you do it or I do it myself'. A few years ago the worn out wooden cross was replaced by a proper headstone, and there's often flowers at his grave.
It breaks my heart that somwhere someone probably was missing him and never got closure.
It must be such an honour and privilege to return to these fallen brave men their identities.
My father rarely discussed his wartime experiences. It just wasn’t done.
my grandfather was in Fox Co. 276th and was wounded at Saarbrucken..the greatest generation these guys were
Absolutely great stories!! Thank you!!
Thanks for telling us their stories. Rest in Peace, Brothers.
Glad Jack was finally found. I've vacationed in Juneau every year since I was a kid.
The photograph at time mark 7:07 shows John Cummings to be a Sergeant. The photo at time mark 7:17 shows a gravestone listing him as a Private. The error is obvious.
Awesome report!
Thank you so very for sharing the stories of these two brave and heroic WWII Servicemen.
May they rest in peace. ❤🙏🇺🇸
Lawrence was one good looking man. To think he had to train is segregated conditions makes my blood boil.
The first case was amazingly found and identified,thru DNA, wow, a good story for a change, he died for his Country!
Thank you as always
Those stories were very sorrowful !!
It's the part about negros and segregated units and bases. It still breaks my heart today. It makes absolutely no sense. It's a horror show. And it's still going on.
here in New Zealand ahh had to rescue a negro black man from 3 bigg samoans that were punchin him too hell- blood flying 7 feet . A Samoan cop came and took Black man away - ahh assummed too Auckland City Hospital for his deadly head injurys.- 20 days later ahh met up with Him and said- How was it in hospital- he said the Ape/ polynesian Policeman// Cop had instead locked him up for 15 days in police cells. - and he was the victim. - Cop did not want too deal with his own deadly race/// breed.
Truth
I salute the men that have gone before me. As they continue to search for the remains of fallen solders of past wars may their families find comfort in knowing they have made the ultimate sacrifice and returned home.
Why was the grave marker say pvt. when the pictures had sgt. stripes?
God Bless these heros and the rest of the MIA'S!
Finally closure for their families. May they rest now, in peace.
It's so good these fallen soldiers have been found, and closure brought to their families!
Thank you.
7:09. The man in the photo identified as Jack is wearing Sergeant’s stripes. Yet on his grave he is listed as a Private. Is this a mistake, wrong picture, or perhaps Jack had been busted down to private at the time of his death? Also, it was very obvious to me he had been taken as a prisoner in a cross-river raid even though the Germans had accidentally killed him. If they had just wanted to kill him, they would have left him there. RIP Mr. Cummings.
The person in the picture is also wearing a 91st division patch, although he could have transfered units to the 70th division. The pictures in this video are the same as on the defence POW MIA's website.
With regards to the Sgt. rank, I suppose he could have been busted down. It would certainly be unusual for a BAR gunner to be an NCO, perhaps the family got the pictures mixed up.
I would guess the Germans killed him via gsw to the head and took the body back across the river to search it for intelligence or other useful information; after firing a weapon they probably didn't want to stick around too long because their only means of egress was across open water.. Possibly why the body didn't have dog tags- perhaps they were taken off him and sent up the chain to see if they would provide anything of interest.
Just what is the last telling us !!! It keeps reminding us . This story of two lost airmen during the second world war . This video brings back memories of lost loved ones & all the grief that it brings to the families who lost a loved one & the relief of the finding . The two men went to war not of there making & never came home . War is a racket , war is hell I wouldn't wish it on anyone .
Honour & Respect . Lest we forget .
My late uncle Wm. BILL WATTS KILLED IN BELGIUM. JAN. 23 2945 ONLY BOUT 21 FROM DURBIN WEST VIRGINIA. WSS SHOT N HANDED ANOTHER SOLDIER SOME THINGS AND SAID GET THESE TO MY MOTHER. I GUESS SO SHE KNEW HE DIED N WASNT WANDERING ROUND THE FOREST NOT KNOWING WHO HE WAS.
I’m glad these men, were found and taken home!
Interesting that the photos of John Cummings show his rank as sergeant but the gravestone has private.
Let's not forget. Great, but sad video.
The 70th Infantry Division was in the Vosges Mountains at this time. They WERE NOT on the Rhine River.If the Army told the family this,they lied.I have all of their position reports from their morning reports,and after action reports, and have them plotted on maps too.
The 276th Infantry Regiment, 70th Infantry Division, was first placed along the Rhine River east of Hagenau in late December 1944. It was not sent north to the Vosges until early January 1945, after Cummings was killed.
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Thanks for this ,,but, the audio needs less valley girl...
They will always be remembered and honored.
What a terrible thing war is .😢
We will not forget the MIA’s and we will continue to search for them.