KOREA 1950s MIA GI body recovered - returned in 2016 "A KOREAN WAR ODYSSEY"

Description: I COMBINE SHIPPING $1.50 per book. FREE SHIPPING for orders over $60. Send books to your check-out cart. E-Bay will automatically adjust shipping costs. PACKAGING & SHIPPING RULES: 1. Individual books Under $18.00 are shipped in padded poly envelopes. 2. Individual books Over $18.00 are shipped in a poly envelope inside a box. 3. Buy Three or more books and the order is shipped in a box.ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS LISTING:This is about a GI who was with the 24th division, 19th infantry when they are rushed to Korea in 1950 Shortly afterwards during the Battle for Taejon on July 20, 1950 he is missing in action. The family always wondered what happened to him. This book tells the story as the family pieced it together from government reports of their uncles war record and what happened to him The family was also involved in the governments recovery program and they provided DNA to help identify unknown remains. In 2016 the soldier's remains were identified. BELOW I copied and pasted the Army's record of the body recovery and identification from 2016 The picture of the young soldier with the ears sticking out graced my mother-in-law's kitchen forever. When asked, she would reply that her younger brother Donnie disappeared during the Korean War at the tender age of eighteen. In 2010, my wife, Sandy, and I set out to discover what happened to Corporal Donald Matney and to bring him home. Our journey took us to Washington, DC; Seoul, Korea; and many places in between. But slowly, carefully, step-by-step, we reconstructed the short life of Sandy's uncle Donnie, identified his remains, and returned him to rest by his mother's side in Missouri.A Korean War Odyssey is this story. The saga begins with a Korean history lesson told through the eyes of a fictional young refugee family fleeing the North Korean invasion. It continues from the viewpoint of a soldier on occupation duty in Japan suddenly thrust into a violent "police action". Both witness the atrocities of war until one disappears. Through alternating perspectives, the account continues weaving what happened during the war with how we identified this missing young soldier and brought him home. A Korean War Odyssey provides much needed insight for today's headlines. Those with friends and relatives lost during the Forgotten War will learn what may have happened. Anyone who desires to understand the Korean War and why the US still has a presence on this Asian peninsula today will gain a new viewpoint. On July 19, 2016, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of Corporal Donald Eugene Matney, missing from the Korean War. Corporal Matney entered the U.S. Army from Missouri and served with H Company, 2nd Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. On July 20, 1950, he was killed in action during an engagement with the enemy near Taejon, South Korea. His remains could not be recovered at the time of his loss. In March 1951, CPL Matney's remains were recovered by a local resident in Taejon; however, they could not be individually identified at the time, and he was reinterred as an unknown at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Hawaii. In May 2016, the remains were disinterred and analysts were able to identify them as those of CPL Matney. Corporal Matney is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

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Location: Livonia, Michigan

End Time: 2025-01-30T11:21:47.000Z

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