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Flip writes when the mood strikes him, usually before, during and after expeditions. You never know what you might find. For Flip news on BentProp PMAN-XII 2010 click here!!!!
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7 May 2010Joe's great adventure across the USA!!!! Starting in Washington DC in a suit for the first time and in the USA for the first time and many more firsts........
Joe at the World War II memorial on the Mall Washington DC 5 May 2010
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy 29 April 2010What an overwhelming incredible day at Arlington National Cemetery!!!!! Below are links to the many news stories of the event and the families. |
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| Central Florida News 13 story and video |
| WESH Ch 2 story and video |
10 December 2009
2nd Lt. Jack S. Arnett, pilot of B-24 '453, is home to his family and will be buried Saturday 12 Dec 2009 in Orlando, Fl
7 December 2009
A son asks for time off to bury his Dad, it sounded like a simle request, the Arthur Miller story continues...
25 November 2009
Lamb Chop is now our "spoke sock" for the Sock Brigade!!!!
Lamb Chop the official spoke sock for the SockBrigade says "Help keep our soldier's feetsies warm, donate to The Sock Brigade!"
Lamb Chop paired up with The Sock Brigade to help spread the word about our project. In the coming weeks we will have downloadable posters so you can help us raise funds by being an official donation station. See our article in the upcoming Winter addition of Alpacas Magazine.
24 November 2009
BentStar Project has been selected as the holiday charity for Davis Elen Advertising to the tune of $5,000. They said "I found out about The Sock Brigade after reading a story on the BBC website about a WW2 pilot's remains being brought home from the Pacific after more than 60 years. I had no idea there were people still dedicated to doing this. One link on the BentProp website led to another link and voila! The Sock Brigade. For us, knowing that our contribution will result in something tangible and real - namely socks - clinched it.
So in answer to your question, I believe it was the Alpaca Sock Angel that brought us to you!"
Thank you Davis Elen Advertising!!!!!
20 November 2009
ARM1c Arthur C. Miller, Gunner aboard TBM Avenger 16956 MIA/KIA September 13, 1944 laid to rest November 7, 2009. Watch a video of the service and see details on Arthur.
18 November 2009
Here's a new easy way to raise money for BentStar Project, Ltd.. Just start using Yahoo! powered GoodSearch.com as your search engine and they'll donate about a penny to your favorite cause every time you do a search! Here's the web site — http://www.goodsearch.com.
In addition, do all of your shopping through their online shopping mall, GoodShop.com, where you can shop at more than 900 top online retailers and a percentage of your purchases will go to the charity or school of your choice. You pay the same price as you normally would, but a donation goes to your cause!
Here's the web site — http://www.goodsearch.com. You can also read about GoodSearch in the NY Times, Oprah Magazine, CNN, ABC News and the Wall Street Journal.
17 November 2009
The pilot of B-24 '453 is coming home, Jack Arnett will be laid to rest in December. The B-24 was found by BentProp in 2004 in Palau. http://www.bentprop.org/Jack_Arnett/index.htm
6 November 2009
After sixty five years of waiting, on November 7th decorated World War II Aviation Radioman First Class Arthur Carl Miller, will be brought home by the U.S. Navy and laid to rest in the Poughkeepsie, NY, Rural Cemetery.
Declared Missing In Action On Sept 13,1944 when the TBM-Avenger aircraft he was aboard failed to return from a mission over the Palau island of Peleliu. Radioman Miller along with Ordinance man Second Class Wesley R. Stuart and Ensign Donald E. Baxter the pilot of the TBM-avenger took off from the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise on the ill fated mission.
In March of 2003 the BentProp Project volunteers identified the wreckage of the missing TBM-Avenger. But this is not the beginning of Radioman Miller’s circuitous journey home.
In 1948 the Stuart family of Stockton California were told the remains of Avenger Ordinance man Wesley Stuart had been identified and were being returned home. The trouble is Mrs. Stuart, Wesley's mother never believed the remains to be those of her son. “It isn’t my son, but it is someone’s son and I will take care of him”. Prophetic words.
In 2007 Wesley’s sister Mary Ellen had the remains exhumed and tested. The results confirmed that one should never ignore mothers intuition, the remains were not those of Wesley Stuart. The Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command took the remains to their labs in Hawaii for identification.
And now we know the results and Radioman Arthur Carl Miller can finally come home to his family to rest. This is at least the fourth funeral this year of an airmen from a BentProp identified aircraft. The team is deep in the planning for their 2010 mission to the islands of Palau.
Here are a few links to information on the Arthur C. Miller story.
http://www.bentprop.org/
http://www.bentprop.org/pm5/pm5-04.htm
http://www.bentprop.org/pm7/family_report/pm7_fr_03.htm
http://www.bentstarproject.org/MIAnews-stories.html read the October 9, 2009 post
http://cbs13.com/local/wrong.world.war.2.707212.html
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4176/is_20080424/ai_n25372406/?tag=content;col1
23 October 2009
Bill moves to President for signing
H.R.2647 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, to provide special pays and allowances to certain members of the Armed Forces, expand concurrent receipt of military retirement and VA disability benefits to disabled military retirees, and for other purposes
(Sec. 561)
Directs the Secretary to implement a comprehensive program to account for missing persons from all U.S. conflicts from World War II to the present. Requires the program to be implemented within the DOD POW/MIA accounting community (a community of several offices, commands, and laboratories doing work related to missing military personnel and casualties). Requires:
(1) each unaccounted for person to be considered a missing person for program purposes; and
(2) a personnel file to be maintained for each missing person, with any new information relevant to the status of the person to be added to the file. Provides as program goals that 200 missing persons are accounted for annually beginning with FY2015, and 350 are accounted for annually beginning with FY2020.
(Sec. 564)
Expresses the sense of Congress:
(1) reaffirming its support for the recovery and return to the United States of the remains of members killed in battle, and for efforts by the joint POW-MIA Accounting Command to recover the remains of members from all wars;
(2) recognizing the courage and sacrifice of members who fought on the island of Tarawa in World War II;
(3) acknowledging the dedicated research and efforts to identify, locate, and advocate for the recovery of remains of members from Tarawa; and
(4) encouraging DOD to review such research and, as appropriate, conduct new studies, research, and undertake all feasible efforts to recover, identify, and return to the United States remains of members from Tarawa. Subtitle G: Decorations and Awards -
13 October 2009
This will be the third of eight funeral services for the crew members of the B-24 highlighted in the film "Last Flight Home". Robert Stinson to be buried 30 October 2009 in Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, CA.
9 October 2009
Hello BentStar followers,
We hope this finds you and yours well and smiling.
There has been a rather large and wonderful development in one of the aircraft stories covered in the film "Last Flight Home". http://www.bentprop.org/pm5/pm5-04.htm
The identification of the TBM Avenger on the island of Peleliu and the interviews with the families of those on board encapsules the first act of the film. In the course of the story Mary Ellen Stuart-Roberts reflects on the fact that her mother never believed the remains they received to be those of her son. "It's not my son but it is someones son and I will take care of him". Nearly two years ago Wesley Stuart's mom was vindicated when her daughter Mary Ellen had the remains exhumed and DNA testing confirmed that the remains could not be those of her son. Mothers intuition is always right.
Meet Mary Ellen Stuart-Roberts sister of Wesley Stuart.
In April 2008 JPAC and the Navy did a full honor guard ceremony to remove the remains and casket which were flown to Hawaii for identification.
http://cbs13.com/local/wrong.world.war.2.707212.html
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4176/is_20080424/ai_n25372406/?tag=content;col1
This week it was confirmed that the remains are those of Wesley's fellow crew member on the Avenger, Arthur C. Miller. Arthur's son speaks in the film of never knowing his father and how bringing him home would bring closure.
The Miller family is currently working with the DPMO in planning the formal funeral with full military honors for Arthur C. Miller.
Meet Arthur C. Miller's son Arthur C Miller II.
In another twist of small worlds colliding, team member Dan O'Brien in California received a call from his brother-in-law in Reno, NV, an administrator of a church. It involved a church member asking for assistance in arrangements for the burial of her brother whose remains had just be found and returned from World War II. After a little more discussion it turns out to be the sister of one of the crew, Robert Stinson, on the B-24 featured in the film "Last Flight Home". We have been in contact with this family now and BentProp members are invited to the funeral services in Riverside, CA on 30 October 2009.
http://www.bentprop.org/pm6/final_report/pm6_report_atch_02.htm
BentProp team members attended 2 other funeral services for crew members this spring.
http://www.bentprop.org/index.htm
Our thanks go out to all the families involved for allowing us to tell their story.
Bluest Skies
Jennifer, Dan and Val
5 September 2009
Hello BentStar supporters,
Just a few update items since the BentProp expedition in February 2009.
1:
We can now be followed at FaceBook and Twitter, where we will post fairly regular updates on MIA searches, discoveries and recoveries from around the world.
Twitter, follow us at "LastFlightHome"
http://www.twitter.com/LastFlightHome
FaceBook become a fan of "Last Flight Home"
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Last-Flight-Home/32826132661
By signing up to follow us on either site you will help our mission of searching for and finding MIAs. By helping keep up the awareness of MIAs and getting the word out there!!!
2:
SockBrigade is an additional part of BentStar's efforts to help our current troops in combat zones of Iraq and Afghanistan.
http://www.bentstarproject.org/SockBrigade.html
3:
BentProp members attended 2 funerals this spring of the B-24 crew found in 2004 by BentProp. The crew was recovered (2005-2008) and identified (2009) by JPAC.
http://www.bentprop.org/index.htm
4:
The major POW/MIA site BentProp has been searching for is closer to being found and JPAC investigating.
This potential site contains at least 3 crew members from a B-24, 10 Jesuit priests/brothers and caretaker family members and potentially many other POW/MIAs that were captured or
transported to Palau and never left.
http://www.bentprop.org/pm11/pm11-01.htm#markpow
18 February 2009
Announcing the 2009 BentProp Expedition!
Hello BentStar Supporters,
this is your official notice that the BentProp Expedition has launched. Follow along with the teams progress through their semi daily reports:
http://bentprop.org/pm11/pm11-01.htm#progreps and http://www.bentstarproject.org/flip/index.html
To celebrate this years expedition we are offering a special on "Last Flight Home" $20 (that's $5.00 off list) and FREE Con US shipping. A ten dollar savings for a limited time. What better way to spread the word about the work of the BentProp team than with the gift of "Last Flight Home" ?!
http://www.lastflighthome.org/dvd.shtml
Bluest Palau Skies,
Jennifer, Dan and Val
YOU
can help bring POW/ MIAs home. How? DONATE! And
then send The BentStar
Project link to ten friends challenging THEM to donate and challenge ten friends
to do the same.