Show Navigation

Search Results

Refine Search
Match all words
Match any word
Prints
Personal Use
Royalty-Free
Rights-Managed
(leave unchecked to
search all images)
{ 367 images found }

Loading ()...

  • 29 AUGUST 2020 - RUNNELLS, IOWA: A member of the Patriot Guard Riders salutes as the hearse carrying the remain of Pvt Roy Brown Jr arrives at the funeral for Pvt. Brown's funeral in Runnells, IA. Pvt. Brown was a US Army soldier in World War II. He was an infantryman in the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, serving in the Australian Territory of Papua (now Papua New Guinea). He went missing in action on Dec. 2, 1942. Unidentified remains were recovered on Feb. 2, 1943 and were eventually interred in the Manila American Cemetery. On May 14, 2019, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency using dental records, circumstantial evidence and DNA identified the remains as Pvt. Brown's. He was reinterred in the Lowman Cemetery in Runnells Saturday.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RoyBrownFuneral018.jpg
  • 29 AUGUST 2020 - RUNNELLS, IOWA: A member of the Patriot Guard Riders arrives at the funeral for Pvt. Roy Brown Jr.'s funeral in Runnells, IA. Pvt. Brown was a US Army soldier in World War II. He was an infantryman in the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, serving in the Australian Territory of Papua (now Papua New Guinea). He went missing in action on Dec. 2, 1942. Unidentified remains were recovered on Feb. 2, 1943 and were eventually interred in the Manila American Cemetery. On May 14, 2019, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency using dental records, circumstantial evidence and DNA identified the remains as Pvt. Brown's. He was reinterred in the Lowman Cemetery in Runnells Saturday.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RoyBrownFuneral021.jpg
  • 29 AUGUST 2020 - RUNNELLS, IOWA: A member of the Patriot Guard Riders salutes as the hearse carrying the remain of Pvt Roy Brown Jr arrives at the funeral for Pvt. Brown's funeral in Runnells, IA. Pvt. Brown was a US Army soldier in World War II. He was an infantryman in the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, serving in the Australian Territory of Papua (now Papua New Guinea). He went missing in action on Dec. 2, 1942. Unidentified remains were recovered on Feb. 2, 1943 and were eventually interred in the Manila American Cemetery. On May 14, 2019, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency using dental records, circumstantial evidence and DNA identified the remains as Pvt. Brown's. He was reinterred in the Lowman Cemetery in Runnells Saturday.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RoyBrownFuneral019.jpg
  • 29 AUGUST 2020 - RUNNELLS, IOWA: A woman watches the hearse carrying the remain of Pvt Roy Brown Jr arrive at the funeral for Pvt. Brown's funeral in Runnells, IA. Pvt. Brown was a US Army soldier in World War II. He was an infantryman in the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, serving in the Australian Territory of Papua (now Papua New Guinea). He went missing in action on Dec. 2, 1942. Unidentified remains were recovered on Feb. 2, 1943 and were eventually interred in the Manila American Cemetery. On May 14, 2019, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency using dental records, circumstantial evidence and DNA identified the remains as Pvt. Brown's. He was reinterred in the Lowman Cemetery in Runnells Saturday.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RoyBrownFuneral016.jpg
  • 29 AUGUST 2020 - RUNNELLS, IOWA: A member of the Patriot Guard Riders salutes as the hearse carrying the remain of Pvt Roy Brown Jr arrives at the funeral for Pvt. Brown's funeral in Runnells, IA. Pvt. Brown was a US Army soldier in World War II. He was an infantryman in the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, serving in the Australian Territory of Papua (now Papua New Guinea). He went missing in action on Dec. 2, 1942. Unidentified remains were recovered on Feb. 2, 1943 and were eventually interred in the Manila American Cemetery. On May 14, 2019, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency using dental records, circumstantial evidence and DNA identified the remains as Pvt. Brown's. He was reinterred in the Lowman Cemetery in Runnells Saturday.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RoyBrownFuneral020.jpg
  • 29 AUGUST 2020 - RUNNELLS, IOWA: A woman watches the hearse carrying the remain of Pvt Roy Brown Jr arrive at the funeral for Pvt. Brown's funeral in Runnells, IA. Pvt. Brown was a US Army soldier in World War II. He was an infantryman in the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, serving in the Australian Territory of Papua (now Papua New Guinea). He went missing in action on Dec. 2, 1942. Unidentified remains were recovered on Feb. 2, 1943 and were eventually interred in the Manila American Cemetery. On May 14, 2019, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency using dental records, circumstantial evidence and DNA identified the remains as Pvt. Brown's. He was reinterred in the Lowman Cemetery in Runnells Saturday.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RoyBrownFuneral017.jpg
  • 29 AUGUST 2020 - RUNNELLS, IOWA: The Iowa Army National Guard Honor Guard folds the American flag at the funeral for Pvt. Roy Brown Jr. in Runnells, IA. Pvt. Brown was a US Army soldier in World War II. He was an infantryman in the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, serving in the Australian Territory of Papua (now Papua New Guinea). He went missing in action on Dec. 2, 1942. Unidentified remains were recovered on Feb. 2, 1943 and were eventually interred in the Manila American Cemetery. On May 14, 2019, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency using dental records, circumstantial evidence and DNA identified the remains as Pvt. Brown's. He was reinterred in the Lowman Cemetery in Runnells Saturday.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RoyBrownFuneral050.jpg
  • 29 AUGUST 2020 - RUNNELLS, IOWA: DAWN BALDWIN plays the bagpipes at the funeral for Pvt. Roy Brown Jr. in Runnells, IA. Pvt. Brown was a US Army soldier in World War II. He was an infantryman in the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, serving in the Australian Territory of Papua (now Papua New Guinea). He went missing in action on Dec. 2, 1942. Unidentified remains were recovered on Feb. 2, 1943 and were eventually interred in the Manila American Cemetery. On May 14, 2019, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency using dental records, circumstantial evidence and DNA identified the remains as Pvt. Brown's. He was reinterred in the Lowman Cemetery in Runnells Saturday.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RoyBrownFuneral059.jpg
  • 29 AUGUST 2020 - RUNNELLS, IOWA: The NCO In Charge of the Iowa Army National Guard Honor Guard presents the American flag to members of the family at the funeral for Pvt. Roy Brown Jr. in Runnells, IA. Pvt. Brown was a US Army soldier in World War II. He was an infantryman in the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, serving in the Australian Territory of Papua (now Papua New Guinea). He went missing in action on Dec. 2, 1942. Unidentified remains were recovered on Feb. 2, 1943 and were eventually interred in the Manila American Cemetery. On May 14, 2019, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency using dental records, circumstantial evidence and DNA identified the remains as Pvt. Brown's. He was reinterred in the Lowman Cemetery in Runnells Saturday.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RoyBrownFuneral053.jpg
  • 29 AUGUST 2020 - RUNNELLS, IOWA: Members of the Patriot Guard Riders in formation at the funeral for Pvt. Roy Brown Jr. in Runnells, IA. Pvt. Brown was a US Army soldier in World War II. He was an infantryman in the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, serving in the Australian Territory of Papua (now Papua New Guinea). He went missing in action on Dec. 2, 1942. Unidentified remains were recovered on Feb. 2, 1943 and were eventually interred in the Manila American Cemetery. On May 14, 2019, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency using dental records, circumstantial evidence and DNA identified the remains as Pvt. Brown's. He was reinterred in the Lowman Cemetery in Runnells Saturday.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RoyBrownFuneral040.jpg
  • 29 AUGUST 2020 - RUNNELLS, IOWA: A man salutes at the funeral for Pvt. Roy Brown Jr. in Runnells, IA. Pvt. Brown was a US Army soldier in World War II. He was an infantryman in the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, serving in the Australian Territory of Papua (now Papua New Guinea). He went missing in action on Dec. 2, 1942. Unidentified remains were recovered on Feb. 2, 1943 and were eventually interred in the Manila American Cemetery. On May 14, 2019, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency using dental records, circumstantial evidence and DNA identified the remains as Pvt. Brown's. He was reinterred in the Lowman Cemetery in Runnells Saturday.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RoyBrownFuneral038.jpg
  • 29 AUGUST 2020 - RUNNELLS, IOWA: A man salutes at the funeral for Pvt. Roy Brown Jr. in Runnells, IA. Pvt. Brown was a US Army soldier in World War II. He was an infantryman in the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, serving in the Australian Territory of Papua (now Papua New Guinea). He went missing in action on Dec. 2, 1942. Unidentified remains were recovered on Feb. 2, 1943 and were eventually interred in the Manila American Cemetery. On May 14, 2019, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency using dental records, circumstantial evidence and DNA identified the remains as Pvt. Brown's. He was reinterred in the Lowman Cemetery in Runnells Saturday.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RoyBrownFuneral037.jpg
  • 29 AUGUST 2020 - RUNNELLS, IOWA: Members of the Patriot Guard Riders get into formation at the funeral for Pvt. Roy Brown Jr. in Runnells, IA. Pvt. Brown was a US Army soldier in World War II. He was an infantryman in the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, serving in the Australian Territory of Papua (now Papua New Guinea). He went missing in action on Dec. 2, 1942. Unidentified remains were recovered on Feb. 2, 1943 and were eventually interred in the Manila American Cemetery. On May 14, 2019, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency using dental records, circumstantial evidence and DNA identified the remains as Pvt. Brown's. He was reinterred in the Lowman Cemetery in Runnells Saturday.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RoyBrownFuneral027.jpg
  • 29 AUGUST 2020 - RUNNELLS, IOWA: Members of the Patriot Guard Riders get into formation at the funeral for Pvt. Roy Brown Jr. in Runnells, IA. Pvt. Brown was a US Army soldier in World War II. He was an infantryman in the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, serving in the Australian Territory of Papua (now Papua New Guinea). He went missing in action on Dec. 2, 1942. Unidentified remains were recovered on Feb. 2, 1943 and were eventually interred in the Manila American Cemetery. On May 14, 2019, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency using dental records, circumstantial evidence and DNA identified the remains as Pvt. Brown's. He was reinterred in the Lowman Cemetery in Runnells Saturday.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RoyBrownFuneral026.jpg
  • 29 AUGUST 2020 - RUNNELLS, IOWA: Members of the Patriot Guard Riders get into formation at the funeral for Pvt. Roy Brown Jr. in Runnells, IA. Pvt. Brown was a US Army soldier in World War II. He was an infantryman in the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, serving in the Australian Territory of Papua (now Papua New Guinea). He went missing in action on Dec. 2, 1942. Unidentified remains were recovered on Feb. 2, 1943 and were eventually interred in the Manila American Cemetery. On May 14, 2019, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency using dental records, circumstantial evidence and DNA identified the remains as Pvt. Brown's. He was reinterred in the Lowman Cemetery in Runnells Saturday.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RoyBrownFuneral025.jpg
  • 29 AUGUST 2020 - RUNNELLS, IOWA: Members of the Patriot Guard Riders get into formation at the funeral for Pvt. Roy Brown Jr. in Runnells, IA. Pvt. Brown was a US Army soldier in World War II. He was an infantryman in the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, serving in the Australian Territory of Papua (now Papua New Guinea). He went missing in action on Dec. 2, 1942. Unidentified remains were recovered on Feb. 2, 1943 and were eventually interred in the Manila American Cemetery. On May 14, 2019, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency using dental records, circumstantial evidence and DNA identified the remains as Pvt. Brown's. He was reinterred in the Lowman Cemetery in Runnells Saturday.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RoyBrownFuneral024.jpg
  • 29 AUGUST 2020 - RUNNELLS, IOWA: A VFW member at the funeral for Pvt. Roy Brown Jr. in Runnells, IA. Pvt. Brown was a US Army soldier in World War II. He was an infantryman in the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, serving in the Australian Territory of Papua (now Papua New Guinea). He went missing in action on Dec. 2, 1942. Unidentified remains were recovered on Feb. 2, 1943 and were eventually interred in the Manila American Cemetery. On May 14, 2019, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency using dental records, circumstantial evidence and DNA identified the remains as Pvt. Brown's. He was reinterred in the Lowman Cemetery in Runnells Saturday.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RoyBrownFuneral013.jpg
  • 29 AUGUST 2020 - RUNNELLS, IOWA: Members of the Patriot Guard Riders in formation at the funeral for Pvt. Roy Brown Jr. in Runnells, IA. Pvt. Brown was a US Army soldier in World War II. He was an infantryman in the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, serving in the Australian Territory of Papua (now Papua New Guinea). He went missing in action on Dec. 2, 1942. Unidentified remains were recovered on Feb. 2, 1943 and were eventually interred in the Manila American Cemetery. On May 14, 2019, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency using dental records, circumstantial evidence and DNA identified the remains as Pvt. Brown's. He was reinterred in the Lowman Cemetery in Runnells Saturday.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RoyBrownFuneral058.jpg
  • 29 AUGUST 2020 - RUNNELLS, IOWA: Members of the Patriot Guard Riders in formation at the funeral for Pvt. Roy Brown Jr. in Runnells, IA. Pvt. Brown was a US Army soldier in World War II. He was an infantryman in the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, serving in the Australian Territory of Papua (now Papua New Guinea). He went missing in action on Dec. 2, 1942. Unidentified remains were recovered on Feb. 2, 1943 and were eventually interred in the Manila American Cemetery. On May 14, 2019, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency using dental records, circumstantial evidence and DNA identified the remains as Pvt. Brown's. He was reinterred in the Lowman Cemetery in Runnells Saturday.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RoyBrownFuneral057.jpg
  • 29 AUGUST 2020 - RUNNELLS, IOWA: The Iowa Army National Guard Honor Guard leaves the funeral for Pvt. Roy Brown Jr. in Runnells, IA. Pvt. Brown was a US Army soldier in World War II. He was an infantryman in the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, serving in the Australian Territory of Papua (now Papua New Guinea). He went missing in action on Dec. 2, 1942. Unidentified remains were recovered on Feb. 2, 1943 and were eventually interred in the Manila American Cemetery. On May 14, 2019, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency using dental records, circumstantial evidence and DNA identified the remains as Pvt. Brown's. He was reinterred in the Lowman Cemetery in Runnells Saturday.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RoyBrownFuneral056.jpg
  • 29 AUGUST 2020 - RUNNELLS, IOWA: The Iowa Army National Guard Honor Guard leaves the funeral for Pvt. Roy Brown Jr. in Runnells, IA. Pvt. Brown was a US Army soldier in World War II. He was an infantryman in the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, serving in the Australian Territory of Papua (now Papua New Guinea). He went missing in action on Dec. 2, 1942. Unidentified remains were recovered on Feb. 2, 1943 and were eventually interred in the Manila American Cemetery. On May 14, 2019, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency using dental records, circumstantial evidence and DNA identified the remains as Pvt. Brown's. He was reinterred in the Lowman Cemetery in Runnells Saturday.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RoyBrownFuneral055.jpg
  • 29 AUGUST 2020 - RUNNELLS, IOWA: A member of the Patriot Guard Riders present a plaque to the family at the funeral for Pvt. Roy Brown Jr. in Runnells, IA. Pvt. Brown was a US Army soldier in World War II. He was an infantryman in the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, serving in the Australian Territory of Papua (now Papua New Guinea). He went missing in action on Dec. 2, 1942. Unidentified remains were recovered on Feb. 2, 1943 and were eventually interred in the Manila American Cemetery. On May 14, 2019, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency using dental records, circumstantial evidence and DNA identified the remains as Pvt. Brown's. He was reinterred in the Lowman Cemetery in Runnells Saturday.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RoyBrownFuneral054.jpg
  • 29 AUGUST 2020 - RUNNELLS, IOWA: The NCO In Charge of the Iowa Army National Guard Honor Guard presents the American flag to members of the family at the funeral for Pvt. Roy Brown Jr. in Runnells, IA. Pvt. Brown was a US Army soldier in World War II. He was an infantryman in the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, serving in the Australian Territory of Papua (now Papua New Guinea). He went missing in action on Dec. 2, 1942. Unidentified remains were recovered on Feb. 2, 1943 and were eventually interred in the Manila American Cemetery. On May 14, 2019, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency using dental records, circumstantial evidence and DNA identified the remains as Pvt. Brown's. He was reinterred in the Lowman Cemetery in Runnells Saturday.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RoyBrownFuneral052.jpg
  • 29 AUGUST 2020 - RUNNELLS, IOWA: The Iowa Army National Guard Honor Guard folds the American flag at the funeral for Pvt. Roy Brown Jr. in Runnells, IA. Pvt. Brown was a US Army soldier in World War II. He was an infantryman in the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, serving in the Australian Territory of Papua (now Papua New Guinea). He went missing in action on Dec. 2, 1942. Unidentified remains were recovered on Feb. 2, 1943 and were eventually interred in the Manila American Cemetery. On May 14, 2019, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency using dental records, circumstantial evidence and DNA identified the remains as Pvt. Brown's. He was reinterred in the Lowman Cemetery in Runnells Saturday.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RoyBrownFuneral051.jpg
  • 29 AUGUST 2020 - RUNNELLS, IOWA: The Iowa Army National Guard Honor Guard folds the American flag at the funeral for Pvt. Roy Brown Jr. in Runnells, IA. Pvt. Brown was a US Army soldier in World War II. He was an infantryman in the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, serving in the Australian Territory of Papua (now Papua New Guinea). He went missing in action on Dec. 2, 1942. Unidentified remains were recovered on Feb. 2, 1943 and were eventually interred in the Manila American Cemetery. On May 14, 2019, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency using dental records, circumstantial evidence and DNA identified the remains as Pvt. Brown's. He was reinterred in the Lowman Cemetery in Runnells Saturday.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RoyBrownFuneral048.jpg
  • 29 AUGUST 2020 - RUNNELLS, IOWA: Members of the Patriot Guard Riders in formation at the funeral for Pvt. Roy Brown Jr. in Runnells, IA. Pvt. Brown was a US Army soldier in World War II. He was an infantryman in the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, serving in the Australian Territory of Papua (now Papua New Guinea). He went missing in action on Dec. 2, 1942. Unidentified remains were recovered on Feb. 2, 1943 and were eventually interred in the Manila American Cemetery. On May 14, 2019, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency using dental records, circumstantial evidence and DNA identified the remains as Pvt. Brown's. He was reinterred in the Lowman Cemetery in Runnells Saturday.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RoyBrownFuneral046.jpg
  • 29 AUGUST 2020 - RUNNELLS, IOWA: Members of the Patriot Guard Riders get into formation at the funeral for Pvt. Roy Brown Jr. in Runnells, IA. Pvt. Brown was a US Army soldier in World War II. He was an infantryman in the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, serving in the Australian Territory of Papua (now Papua New Guinea). He went missing in action on Dec. 2, 1942. Unidentified remains were recovered on Feb. 2, 1943 and were eventually interred in the Manila American Cemetery. On May 14, 2019, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency using dental records, circumstantial evidence and DNA identified the remains as Pvt. Brown's. He was reinterred in the Lowman Cemetery in Runnells Saturday.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RoyBrownFuneral023.jpg
  • 29 AUGUST 2020 - RUNNELLS, IOWA: Members of the Patriot Guard Riders in formation at the funeral for Pvt. Roy Brown Jr. in Runnells, IA. Pvt. Brown was a US Army soldier in World War II. He was an infantryman in the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, serving in the Australian Territory of Papua (now Papua New Guinea). He went missing in action on Dec. 2, 1942. Unidentified remains were recovered on Feb. 2, 1943 and were eventually interred in the Manila American Cemetery. On May 14, 2019, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency using dental records, circumstantial evidence and DNA identified the remains as Pvt. Brown's. He was reinterred in the Lowman Cemetery in Runnells Saturday.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RoyBrownFuneral044.jpg
  • 29 AUGUST 2020 - RUNNELLS, IOWA: The Iowa Army National Guard Honor Guard at the funeral for Pvt. Roy Brown Jr. in Runnells, IA. Pvt. Brown was a US Army soldier in World War II. He was an infantryman in the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, serving in the Australian Territory of Papua (now Papua New Guinea). He went missing in action on Dec. 2, 1942. Unidentified remains were recovered on Feb. 2, 1943 and were eventually interred in the Manila American Cemetery. On May 14, 2019, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency using dental records, circumstantial evidence and DNA identified the remains as Pvt. Brown's. He was reinterred in the Lowman Cemetery in Runnells Saturday.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RoyBrownFuneral043.jpg
  • 29 AUGUST 2020 - RUNNELLS, IOWA: Members of the Patriot Guard Riders in formation at the funeral for Pvt. Roy Brown Jr. in Runnells, IA. Pvt. Brown was a US Army soldier in World War II. He was an infantryman in the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, serving in the Australian Territory of Papua (now Papua New Guinea). He went missing in action on Dec. 2, 1942. Unidentified remains were recovered on Feb. 2, 1943 and were eventually interred in the Manila American Cemetery. On May 14, 2019, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency using dental records, circumstantial evidence and DNA identified the remains as Pvt. Brown's. He was reinterred in the Lowman Cemetery in Runnells Saturday.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RoyBrownFuneral042.jpg
  • 29 AUGUST 2020 - RUNNELLS, IOWA: Members of the Patriot Guard Riders in formation at the funeral for Pvt. Roy Brown Jr. in Runnells, IA. Pvt. Brown was a US Army soldier in World War II. He was an infantryman in the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, serving in the Australian Territory of Papua (now Papua New Guinea). He went missing in action on Dec. 2, 1942. Unidentified remains were recovered on Feb. 2, 1943 and were eventually interred in the Manila American Cemetery. On May 14, 2019, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency using dental records, circumstantial evidence and DNA identified the remains as Pvt. Brown's. He was reinterred in the Lowman Cemetery in Runnells Saturday.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RoyBrownFuneral039.jpg
  • 29 AUGUST 2020 - RUNNELLS, IOWA: DAWN BALDWIN plays the bagpipes at the funeral for Pvt. Roy Brown Jr. in Runnells, IA. Pvt. Brown was a US Army soldier in World War II. He was an infantryman in the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, serving in the Australian Territory of Papua (now Papua New Guinea). He went missing in action on Dec. 2, 1942. Unidentified remains were recovered on Feb. 2, 1943 and were eventually interred in the Manila American Cemetery. On May 14, 2019, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency using dental records, circumstantial evidence and DNA identified the remains as Pvt. Brown's. He was reinterred in the Lowman Cemetery in Runnells Saturday.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RoyBrownFuneral032.jpg
  • 29 AUGUST 2020 - RUNNELLS, IOWA: A veteran at the funeral for Pvt. Roy Brown Jr. in Runnells, IA. Pvt. Brown was a US Army soldier in World War II. He was an infantryman in the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, serving in the Australian Territory of Papua (now Papua New Guinea). He went missing in action on Dec. 2, 1942. Unidentified remains were recovered on Feb. 2, 1943 and were eventually interred in the Manila American Cemetery. On May 14, 2019, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency using dental records, circumstantial evidence and DNA identified the remains as Pvt. Brown's. He was reinterred in the Lowman Cemetery in Runnells Saturday.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RoyBrownFuneral029.jpg
  • 29 AUGUST 2020 - RUNNELLS, IOWA: Members of the Patriot Guard Riders get into formation at the funeral for Pvt. Roy Brown Jr. in Runnells, IA. Pvt. Brown was a US Army soldier in World War II. He was an infantryman in the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, serving in the Australian Territory of Papua (now Papua New Guinea). He went missing in action on Dec. 2, 1942. Unidentified remains were recovered on Feb. 2, 1943 and were eventually interred in the Manila American Cemetery. On May 14, 2019, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency using dental records, circumstantial evidence and DNA identified the remains as Pvt. Brown's. He was reinterred in the Lowman Cemetery in Runnells Saturday.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RoyBrownFuneral028.jpg
  • 29 AUGUST 2020 - RUNNELLS, IOWA: The Honor Guard from American Legion Post 363 in Monroe, IA, at the funeral for Pvt. Roy Brown Jr. in Runnells, IA. Pvt. Brown was a US Army soldier in World War II. He was an infantryman in the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, serving in the Australian Territory of Papua (now Papua New Guinea). He went missing in action on Dec. 2, 1942. Unidentified remains were recovered on Feb. 2, 1943 and were eventually interred in the Manila American Cemetery. On May 14, 2019, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency using dental records, circumstantial evidence and DNA identified the remains as Pvt. Brown's. He was reinterred in the Lowman Cemetery in Runnells Saturday.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RoyBrownFuneral012.jpg
  • 29 AUGUST 2020 - RUNNELLS, IOWA: The Honor Guard from American Legion Post 363 in Monroe, IA, at the funeral for Pvt. Roy Brown Jr. in Runnells, IA. Pvt. Brown was a US Army soldier in World War II. He was an infantryman in the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, serving in the Australian Territory of Papua (now Papua New Guinea). He went missing in action on Dec. 2, 1942. Unidentified remains were recovered on Feb. 2, 1943 and were eventually interred in the Manila American Cemetery. On May 14, 2019, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency using dental records, circumstantial evidence and DNA identified the remains as Pvt. Brown's. He was reinterred in the Lowman Cemetery in Runnells Saturday.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RoyBrownFuneral011.jpg
  • 29 AUGUST 2020 - RUNNELLS, IOWA: The Honor Guard from American Legion Post 363 in Monroe, IA, at the funeral for Pvt. Roy Brown Jr. in Runnells, IA. Pvt. Brown was a US Army soldier in World War II. He was an infantryman in the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, serving in the Australian Territory of Papua (now Papua New Guinea). He went missing in action on Dec. 2, 1942. Unidentified remains were recovered on Feb. 2, 1943 and were eventually interred in the Manila American Cemetery. On May 14, 2019, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency using dental records, circumstantial evidence and DNA identified the remains as Pvt. Brown's. He was reinterred in the Lowman Cemetery in Runnells Saturday.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RoyBrownFuneral010.jpg
  • 29 AUGUST 2020 - RUNNELLS, IOWA: A veteran at the funeral for Pvt. Roy Brown Jr. in Runnells, IA. Pvt. Brown was a US Army soldier in World War II. He was an infantryman in the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, serving in the Australian Territory of Papua (now Papua New Guinea). He went missing in action on Dec. 2, 1942. Unidentified remains were recovered on Feb. 2, 1943 and were eventually interred in the Manila American Cemetery. On May 14, 2019, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency using dental records, circumstantial evidence and DNA identified the remains as Pvt. Brown's. He was reinterred in the Lowman Cemetery in Runnells Saturday.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RoyBrownFuneral008.jpg
  • 29 AUGUST 2020 - RUNNELLS, IOWA: A veteran at the funeral for Pvt. Roy Brown Jr. in Runnells, IA. Pvt. Brown was a US Army soldier in World War II. He was an infantryman in the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, serving in the Australian Territory of Papua (now Papua New Guinea). He went missing in action on Dec. 2, 1942. Unidentified remains were recovered on Feb. 2, 1943 and were eventually interred in the Manila American Cemetery. On May 14, 2019, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency using dental records, circumstantial evidence and DNA identified the remains as Pvt. Brown's. He was reinterred in the Lowman Cemetery in Runnells Saturday.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RoyBrownFuneral007.jpg
  • 29 AUGUST 2020 - RUNNELLS, IOWA: A man in a replica of Revolutionary War era Continental Army uniform at the funeral for Pvt. Roy Brown Jr. in Runnells, IA. Pvt. Brown was a US Army soldier in World War II. He was an infantryman in the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, serving in the Australian Territory of Papua (now Papua New Guinea). He went missing in action on Dec. 2, 1942. Unidentified remains were recovered on Feb. 2, 1943 and were eventually interred in the Manila American Cemetery. On May 14, 2019, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency using dental records, circumstantial evidence and DNA identified the remains as Pvt. Brown's. He was reinterred in the Lowman Cemetery in Runnells Saturday.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RoyBrownFuneral005.jpg
  • 29 AUGUST 2020 - RUNNELLS, IOWA: The Iowa Army National Guard Honor Guard folds the American flag at the funeral for Pvt. Roy Brown Jr. in Runnells, IA. Pvt. Brown was a US Army soldier in World War II. He was an infantryman in the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, serving in the Australian Territory of Papua (now Papua New Guinea). He went missing in action on Dec. 2, 1942. Unidentified remains were recovered on Feb. 2, 1943 and were eventually interred in the Manila American Cemetery. On May 14, 2019, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency using dental records, circumstantial evidence and DNA identified the remains as Pvt. Brown's. He was reinterred in the Lowman Cemetery in Runnells Saturday.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RoyBrownFuneral049.jpg
  • 29 AUGUST 2020 - RUNNELLS, IOWA: People at the funeral for Pvt. Roy Brown Jr. in Runnells, IA. Pvt. Brown was a US Army soldier in World War II. He was an infantryman in the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, serving in the Australian Territory of Papua (now Papua New Guinea). He went missing in action on Dec. 2, 1942. Unidentified remains were recovered on Feb. 2, 1943 and were eventually interred in the Manila American Cemetery. On May 14, 2019, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency using dental records, circumstantial evidence and DNA identified the remains as Pvt. Brown's. He was reinterred in the Lowman Cemetery in Runnells Saturday.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RoyBrownFuneral047.jpg
  • 29 AUGUST 2020 - RUNNELLS, IOWA: Members of the Patriot Guard Riders in formation at the funeral for Pvt. Roy Brown Jr. in Runnells, IA. Pvt. Brown was a US Army soldier in World War II. He was an infantryman in the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, serving in the Australian Territory of Papua (now Papua New Guinea). He went missing in action on Dec. 2, 1942. Unidentified remains were recovered on Feb. 2, 1943 and were eventually interred in the Manila American Cemetery. On May 14, 2019, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency using dental records, circumstantial evidence and DNA identified the remains as Pvt. Brown's. He was reinterred in the Lowman Cemetery in Runnells Saturday.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RoyBrownFuneral041.jpg
  • 29 AUGUST 2020 - RUNNELLS, IOWA: Members of the Patriot Guard Riders get into formation at the funeral for Pvt. Roy Brown Jr. in Runnells, IA. Pvt. Brown was a US Army soldier in World War II. He was an infantryman in the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, serving in the Australian Territory of Papua (now Papua New Guinea). He went missing in action on Dec. 2, 1942. Unidentified remains were recovered on Feb. 2, 1943 and were eventually interred in the Manila American Cemetery. On May 14, 2019, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency using dental records, circumstantial evidence and DNA identified the remains as Pvt. Brown's. He was reinterred in the Lowman Cemetery in Runnells Saturday.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RoyBrownFuneral022.jpg
  • 29 AUGUST 2020 - RUNNELLS, IOWA: A man in a replica of Revolutionary War era Continental Army uniform at the funeral for Pvt. Roy Brown Jr. in Runnells, IA. Pvt. Brown was a US Army soldier in World War II. He was an infantryman in the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, serving in the Australian Territory of Papua (now Papua New Guinea). He went missing in action on Dec. 2, 1942. Unidentified remains were recovered on Feb. 2, 1943 and were eventually interred in the Manila American Cemetery. On May 14, 2019, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency using dental records, circumstantial evidence and DNA identified the remains as Pvt. Brown's. He was reinterred in the Lowman Cemetery in Runnells Saturday.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RoyBrownFuneral006.jpg
  • 29 AUGUST 2020 - RUNNELLS, IOWA: The Veterans' Memorial in Lowman Cemetery in Runnells, IA. Pvt. Roy Brown Jr. was interred in the cemetery today. He was a US Army soldier in World War II. He was an infantryman in the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, serving in the Australian Territory of Papua (now Papua New Guinea). He went missing in action on Dec. 2, 1942. Unidentified remains were recovered on Feb. 2, 1943 and were eventually interred in the Manila American Cemetery. On May 14, 2019, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency using dental records, circumstantial evidence and DNA identified the remains as Pvt. Brown's. He was reinterred in the Lowman Cemetery in Runnells Saturday.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RoyBrownFuneral060.jpg
  • 29 AUGUST 2020 - RUNNELLS, IOWA: Members of the Iowa Army National Guard Honor Guard with the casket of Pvt. Roy Brown Jr. in Runnells, IA. Pvt. Brown was a US Army soldier in World War II. He was an infantryman in the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, serving in the Australian Territory of Papua (now Papua New Guinea). He went missing in action on Dec. 2, 1942. Unidentified remains were recovered on Feb. 2, 1943 and were eventually interred in the Manila American Cemetery. On May 14, 2019, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency using dental records, circumstantial evidence and DNA identified the remains as Pvt. Brown's. He was reinterred in the Lowman Cemetery in Runnells Saturday.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RoyBrownFuneral036.jpg
  • 29 AUGUST 2020 - RUNNELLS, IOWA: Members of the Iowa Army National Guard Honor Guard with the casket of Pvt. Roy Brown Jr. in Runnells, IA. Pvt. Brown was a US Army soldier in World War II. He was an infantryman in the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, serving in the Australian Territory of Papua (now Papua New Guinea). He went missing in action on Dec. 2, 1942. Unidentified remains were recovered on Feb. 2, 1943 and were eventually interred in the Manila American Cemetery. On May 14, 2019, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency using dental records, circumstantial evidence and DNA identified the remains as Pvt. Brown's. He was reinterred in the Lowman Cemetery in Runnells Saturday.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RoyBrownFuneral035.jpg
  • 29 AUGUST 2020 - RUNNELLS, IOWA: Members of the Iowa Army National Guard Honor Guard with the casket of Pvt. Roy Brown Jr. in Runnells, IA. Pvt. Brown was a US Army soldier in World War II. He was an infantryman in the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, serving in the Australian Territory of Papua (now Papua New Guinea). He went missing in action on Dec. 2, 1942. Unidentified remains were recovered on Feb. 2, 1943 and were eventually interred in the Manila American Cemetery. On May 14, 2019, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency using dental records, circumstantial evidence and DNA identified the remains as Pvt. Brown's. He was reinterred in the Lowman Cemetery in Runnells Saturday.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RoyBrownFuneral034.jpg
  • 29 AUGUST 2020 - RUNNELLS, IOWA: Members of the Iowa Army National Guard Honor Guard with the casket of Pvt. Roy Brown Jr. in Runnells, IA. Pvt. Brown was a US Army soldier in World War II. He was an infantryman in the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, serving in the Australian Territory of Papua (now Papua New Guinea). He went missing in action on Dec. 2, 1942. Unidentified remains were recovered on Feb. 2, 1943 and were eventually interred in the Manila American Cemetery. On May 14, 2019, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency using dental records, circumstantial evidence and DNA identified the remains as Pvt. Brown's. He was reinterred in the Lowman Cemetery in Runnells Saturday.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RoyBrownFuneral033.jpg
  • 29 AUGUST 2020 - RUNNELLS, IOWA: Members of the Iowa Army National Guard Honor Guard with the casket of Pvt. Roy Brown Jr. in Runnells, IA. Pvt. Brown was a US Army soldier in World War II. He was an infantryman in the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, serving in the Australian Territory of Papua (now Papua New Guinea). He went missing in action on Dec. 2, 1942. Unidentified remains were recovered on Feb. 2, 1943 and were eventually interred in the Manila American Cemetery. On May 14, 2019, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency using dental records, circumstantial evidence and DNA identified the remains as Pvt. Brown's. He was reinterred in the Lowman Cemetery in Runnells Saturday.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RoyBrownFuneral031.jpg
  • 29 AUGUST 2020 - RUNNELLS, IOWA: American flags line the driveway into Lowman Cemetery in Runnells, IA. Pvt. Roy Brown Jr. was interred in the cemetery today. He was a US Army soldier in World War II. He was an infantryman in the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, serving in the Australian Territory of Papua (now Papua New Guinea). He went missing in action on Dec. 2, 1942. Unidentified remains were recovered on Feb. 2, 1943 and were eventually interred in the Manila American Cemetery. On May 14, 2019, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency using dental records, circumstantial evidence and DNA identified the remains as Pvt. Brown's. He was reinterred in the Lowman Cemetery in Runnells Saturday.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RoyBrownFuneral004.jpg
  • 29 AUGUST 2020 - RUNNELLS, IOWA: Members of the Iowa Army National Guard Honor Guard with the casket of Pvt. Roy Brown Jr. in Runnells, IA. Pvt. Brown was a US Army soldier in World War II. He was an infantryman in the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, serving in the Australian Territory of Papua (now Papua New Guinea). He went missing in action on Dec. 2, 1942. Unidentified remains were recovered on Feb. 2, 1943 and were eventually interred in the Manila American Cemetery. On May 14, 2019, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency using dental records, circumstantial evidence and DNA identified the remains as Pvt. Brown's. He was reinterred in the Lowman Cemetery in Runnells Saturday.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RoyBrownFuneral030.jpg
  • 29 AUGUST 2020 - RUNNELLS, IOWA: An American flag over the driveway into Lowman Cemetery in Runnells, IA. Pvt. Roy Brown Jr. was interred in the cemetery today. He was a US Army soldier in World War II. He was an infantryman in the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, serving in the Australian Territory of Papua (now Papua New Guinea). He went missing in action on Dec. 2, 1942. Unidentified remains were recovered on Feb. 2, 1943 and were eventually interred in the Manila American Cemetery. On May 14, 2019, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency using dental records, circumstantial evidence and DNA identified the remains as Pvt. Brown's. He was reinterred in the Lowman Cemetery in Runnells Saturday.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RoyBrownFuneral015.jpg
  • 29 AUGUST 2020 - RUNNELLS, IOWA: An American flag over the driveway into Lowman Cemetery in Runnells, IA. Pvt. Roy Brown Jr. was interred in the cemetery today. He was a US Army soldier in World War II. He was an infantryman in the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, serving in the Australian Territory of Papua (now Papua New Guinea). He went missing in action on Dec. 2, 1942. Unidentified remains were recovered on Feb. 2, 1943 and were eventually interred in the Manila American Cemetery. On May 14, 2019, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency using dental records, circumstantial evidence and DNA identified the remains as Pvt. Brown's. He was reinterred in the Lowman Cemetery in Runnells Saturday.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RoyBrownFuneral014.jpg
  • 29 AUGUST 2020 - RUNNELLS, IOWA: An American flag over the driveway into Lowman Cemetery in Runnells, IA. Pvt. Roy Brown Jr. was interred in the cemetery today. He was a US Army soldier in World War II. He was an infantryman in the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, serving in the Australian Territory of Papua (now Papua New Guinea). He went missing in action on Dec. 2, 1942. Unidentified remains were recovered on Feb. 2, 1943 and were eventually interred in the Manila American Cemetery. On May 14, 2019, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency using dental records, circumstantial evidence and DNA identified the remains as Pvt. Brown's. He was reinterred in the Lowman Cemetery in Runnells Saturday.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RoyBrownFuneral009.jpg
  • 29 AUGUST 2020 - RUNNELLS, IOWA: American flags line the driveway into Lowman Cemetery in Runnells, IA. Pvt. Roy Brown Jr. was interred in the cemetery today. He was a US Army soldier in World War II. He was an infantryman in the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division, serving in the Australian Territory of Papua (now Papua New Guinea). He went missing in action on Dec. 2, 1942. Unidentified remains were recovered on Feb. 2, 1943 and were eventually interred in the Manila American Cemetery. On May 14, 2019, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency using dental records, circumstantial evidence and DNA identified the remains as Pvt. Brown's. He was reinterred in the Lowman Cemetery in Runnells Saturday.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RoyBrownFuneral003.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Members of the Patriot Guard Riders file out of Glendale Cemetery after the reinterment of Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker at the Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943 during World War Two. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ChanningWhitakerFuneralBW009.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Members of the Patriot Guard Riders stand at attention during the reinterment of Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker at the Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943 during World War Two. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ChanningWhitakerFuneralBW007.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: A U.S. Marine Corps bugler plays Taps at the reinterment service of US Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ChanningWhitakerFuneralBW006.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: US Marine Corps veterans bow their heads during the reinterment service of US Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker in Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ChanningWhitakerFuneralBW005.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: US Marine Corps veterans bow their heads during the reinterment service of US Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker in Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ChanningWhitakerFuneralBW004.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Members of the Patriot Guard Riders stand at attention during the reinterment service for Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker at the Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943 during World War Two. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ChanningWhitakerFuneralBW002.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Members of the US Marine Corps Honor Guard carry the casket bearing the remains of US Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker into Whitaker's reinterment ceremony in Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.             PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ChanningWhitakerFuneralBW001.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Members of the Patriot Guard Riders file out of Glendale Cemetery after the reinterment of Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker at the Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943 during World War Two. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ChanningWhitakerFuneral048.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Members of the Patriot Guard Riders file out of Glendale Cemetery after the reinterment of Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker at the Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943 during World War Two. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ChanningWhitakerFuneral047.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Members of the Patriot Guard Riders stand at attention during the reinterment of Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker at the Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943 during World War Two. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ChanningWhitakerFuneral043.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA:  U.S. Marine Corps Maj. JOHN SHECKELLS, left, and a member of the Marine Corps Honor Guard fold the US flag during the reinterment service of US Marine Reserve Corps Private Channing Whitaker. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ChanningWhitakerFuneral039.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA:  U.S. Marine Corps Maj. JOHN SHECKELLS, left, and a member of the Marine Corps Honor Guard fold the US flag during the reinterment service of US Marine Reserve Corps Private Channing Whitaker. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ChanningWhitakerFuneral037.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Members of the US Marine Corps Honor Guard fold the US flag at the reinterment service of US Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker. The flag was presented to surviving family members. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ChanningWhitakerFuneral036.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Members of the US Marine Corps Honor Guard fold the US flag at the reinterment service of US Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker. The flag was presented to surviving family members. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ChanningWhitakerFuneral035.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Members of the US Marine Corps Honor Guard fold the US flag at the reinterment service of US Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker. The flag was presented to surviving family members. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ChanningWhitakerFuneral034.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Members of the US Marine Corps Honor Guard fold the US flag at the reinterment service of US Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker. The flag was presented to surviving family members. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ChanningWhitakerFuneral033.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Members of the US Marine Corps Honor Guard fold the US flag at the reinterment service of US Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker. The flag was presented to surviving family members. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ChanningWhitakerFuneral032.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: A U.S. Marine Corps bugler plays Taps at the reinterment service of US Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ChanningWhitakerFuneral030.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: US Marine Corps veterans bow their heads during the reinterment service of US Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker in Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ChanningWhitakerFuneral028.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Family members of US Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker bow their heads during Whitaker's reinterment service in Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ChanningWhitakerFuneral026.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Family members of US Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker bow their heads during Whitaker's reinterment service in Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ChanningWhitakerFuneral025.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: US Marine Corps First Sgt. MICHAEL SODERGREN holds a folded United States flag during the reinterment service of US Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker in Glendale Cemetery. The flag was presented to Whitaker's family. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ChanningWhitakerFuneral024.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: US Marine Corps First Sgt. MICHAEL SODERGREN holds a folded United States flag during the reinterment service of US Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker in Glendale Cemetery. The flag was presented to Whitaker's family. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ChanningWhitakerFuneral022.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: US Marine Corps First Sgt. MICHAEL SODERGREN holds a folded United States flag during the reinterment service of US Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker in Glendale Cemetery. The flag was presented to Whitaker's family. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ChanningWhitakerFuneral021.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: US Marine Corps First Sgt. MICHAEL SODERGREN holds a folded United States flag during the reinterment service of US Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker in Glendale Cemetery. The flag was presented to Whitaker's family. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ChanningWhitakerFuneral020.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Members of the US Marine Corps Honor Guard carry the casket bearing the remains of US Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker into Whitaker's reinterment ceremony in Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.             PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ChanningWhitakerFuneral017.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Members of the US Marine Corps Honor Guard carry the casket bearing the remains of US Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker into Whitaker's reinterment ceremony in Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.             PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ChanningWhitakerFuneral016.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Members of the US Marine Corps Honor Guard carry the casket bearing the remains of US Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker into Whitaker's reinterment ceremony in Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.             PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ChanningWhitakerFuneral013.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Members of the US Marine Corps Honor Guard carry the casket bearing the remains of US Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker into Whitaker's reinterment ceremony in Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.             PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ChanningWhitakerFuneral012.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Members of the US Marine Corps Honor Guard carry the casket bearing the remains of US Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker into Whitaker's reinterment ceremony in Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.             PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ChanningWhitakerFuneral011.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Members of the US Marine Corps Honor Guard carry the casket bearing the remains of US Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker into Whitaker's reinterment ceremony in Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.             PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ChanningWhitakerFuneral010.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Members of the US Marine Corps Honor Guard carry the casket bearing the remains of US Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker into Whitaker's reinterment ceremony in Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.             PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ChanningWhitakerFuneral009.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Members of the US Marine Corps Honor Guard carry the casket bearing the remains of US Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker into Whitaker's reinterment ceremony in Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.             PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ChanningWhitakerFuneral008.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Members of the Patriot Guard Riders walk into the reinterment service for Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker at the Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943 during World War Two. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ChanningWhitakerFuneral005.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: The hearse carrying the remains of Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker arrives in Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943 during World War Two. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ChanningWhitakerFuneral004.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: RICHARD SCHWERDTFEGER, a Vietnam era US Air Force veteran, carries the Gold Star flag to the grave side service for Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943 during World War Two. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ChanningWhitakerFuneral003.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: RICHARD SCHWERDTFEGER, a Vietnam era US Air Force veteran, carries the Gold Star flag to the grave side service for Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943 during World War Two. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ChanningWhitakerFuneral002.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ChanningWhitakerFuneral001.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Members of the Patriot Guard Riders file out of Glendale Cemetery after the reinterment of Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker at the Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943 during World War Two. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ChanningWhitakerFuneralBW008.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Members of the Patriot Guard Riders stand at attention during the reinterment service for Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker at the Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943 during World War Two. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ChanningWhitakerFuneralBW003.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: A member of the US Marine Corps Honor Guard comforts a family member of US Marine Reserve Corps Private Channing Whitaker during the reinterment service for Whitaker. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ChanningWhitakerFuneral046.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Members of the Patriot Guard Riders stand at attention during the reinterment of Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker at the Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943 during World War Two. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ChanningWhitakerFuneral045.jpg
  • 22 NOVEMBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Members of the Patriot Guard Riders stand at attention during the reinterment of Marine Corps Reserve Private Channing Whitaker at the Glendale Cemetery. Whitaker died in the Battle of Tarawa on Nov. 22, 1943 during World War Two. He was buried on Betio Island, in the Gilbert Islands, and his remains were recovered in March 2019. He was identified by a DNA match with surviving family members in Iowa. Whitaker was reintered in the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines exactly 76 years after his death in World War Two. About 1,000 US Marines and sailers were killed in four days during the Battle of Tarawa.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ChanningWhitakerFuneral044.jpg
Next
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
x

Jack Kurtz, Photojournalist & Travel Photographer

  • Published Work
  • Photographs
    • All Galleries
    • Search
    • Cart
    • Lightbox
    • Client Area
  • Jack on Instagram
  • About
  • Contact
  • My Occasional Blog
  • Portfolios on Behance
  • Portfolio