81st Anniversary of Pearl Harbor: Herbert Jacobson-- Part 5

Continued from my Down Da Road I Go blog.

Bert Jacobson's name was recorded on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of then Pacific in Honolulu along with other military personnel listed as missing in action from World War II.  A rosette later was placed next to his name to indicate that his remains have been identified.

The identification process began in 2015 when the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency exhumed the remains of the unidentified USS Oklahoma crew members for additional analysis.  (They had been buried commingled in several graves in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.)

'It's been a long process," Brad McDonald said.  "My mother, she kind of took up the torch for the whole family to figure out what's going on.  ...I have stacks and stacks of documents of all the agencies she contacted."

Continued in my Cooter's History Thing blog.

USD 1812 Holds Annual Wreath-Laying in Arkansas

From the December12, 2021, Hot Springs (ARK.) Sentinel-Record.

Continuing a tradition that began in 2015, members of the Baseline-Meridian Chapter, United States Daughters of 1812, recently laid artificial Christmas wreaths at the graves of Unknown Soldiers buried at the Little Rock National Cemetery (Arkansas).

They were able to lay 150 wreaths and plans are in effect to obtain donations so that all the 3,100 soldiers buried there can have one  in the future.

After five years, USD 1812 has been able to lay wreaths for  approximately 2,800 Unknown Soldiers an they still need another 300 wreaths so every soldier will have one. In addition, the bows and some of the wreaths need replacing.

Forty-one volunteers, on December 3,  laid the 2,800 wreaths.

Volunteers came from the following organizations:

U.S.D. 1812, Daughters of the American Revolution,  Dames of the Court of Honor, Colonial Dames 17th Century, Arkansas National Guard,  Sons of Confederate Veterans Robert C. Newton Camp,  Sons of the American Revolution, General Society War of 1812, United Daughters of the Confederacy and Daughters of American Colonists.

--Brock-Perry

Capt. Gwinn's Traveling Body-- Part 8: Finally Got It Right (Right Place and Right People)

It was decided that an upgrade with the USS Constitution name and the correct wife was needed.  Proof of marriage was also produced in the form of a marriage certificate between the good captain and one Caroline S. Lynch.  This came from the collection of the USS Constitution Museum.

Captain Creekman was able to convince  the National Cemetery office to "upgrade" John Gwinn's information and correct the name and death for Caroline.

This process is currently underway and it is hoped that this will soon put an end to the posthumous adventures of Captain Gwinn by dedicating his and Caroline's new gravestone.

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UPDATE

Captain Creekman visited Arlington National Cemetery in September 2016 on the 167th anniversary of Captain Gwinn's death and confirmed  that the new headstone for Captain Gwinn and Caroline is in place... AND CORRECT!!!!  

It now reads:

JOHN GWINN

Maryland

Capt

US Navy

June 11, 1797

Sep4, 1849

 Died Palermo Italy

In Command  USS Constitution

Finally.   --Brock-Perry

Chalmette National Cemetery-- Part 2: From the War of 1812 to the Vietnam War

But, the cemetery's origins did not begin until 1864, when Abraham Lincoln established national cemeteries. The reason was to have places to bury those killed in the Civil War.

About half the graves at Chalmette National Cemetery are those of Civil War soldiers and there are 16,000 altogether dating from the War of 1812 to the Vietnam War.

The gravestones get smaller until some are just eight by eight  inches square for those who are unknown. About half of the Civil war soldiers are unknown, many of them having been hastily buried where they fell in fighting and then later removed to the national cemetery.

--Brock-Perry

Continuing Memorial Day 2017-- Part 4: Go Silent

Allison Jaslow's group, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, is trying to raise awareness with its #GoSilent campaign, which encourages Americans to pause for a moment of silence at 3 p.m. Monday to remember the nation's war dead.Plenty of Americans do observe Memorial Day.

At Indiantown Gap National Cemetery in Annville, Pennsylvania, fields of newly erected small American flags flap in the breeze.  By the end of the long weekend, thousands of people will have come to the cemetery to pay their respects.  This is where Allison Jaslow was.

This is true at the majority of all national cemeteries as well as other ones.